
Theatres of Contagion
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Among the works analysed include a musical adaptation and an intercultural variation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; a contemporary queer take on Hamlet; Grand Guignol and theatres of horror; the writings and influence of Artaud; immersive theatre and the work of Punchdrunk, and computer gaming and smartphone apps
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1. Contagious Performance: Between Illness and Ambience Fintan Walsh, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Part One: Infectious Bodies and Behaviours
2. Viral Hamlet: History, Memory, Kinship Fintan Walsh
3. 'A plague o' both your houses': Auditory Contagion and Affective Frequencies in Musical and Intercultural Theatres Marcus Cheng Chye Tan, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
4. 'Look not upon me, for thine eyes are wounding': Infectious Sights in Shakespeare's Theatre of Contagion Shani Bans, University College London, UK
5. Catching a Feeling: A Practice-based Inquiry into Affective Contagion in Elizabeth Inchabld's The Massacre Rebecca McCutcheon, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Part Two: Sites of Contamination and Containment
6. Plague, Inc.: Theatre's Engagement with Mechanisms of Contagion and Containment Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, University of Oxford, UK
7. Is there a doctor in the house? The Myth and Reality of Audience Psychogenic and Neurological Responses to the Theatre of Horror Julius Green, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
8. 'I don't know why she's crying': Contagion and Criminality in Clean Break's Dream Pill and Little on the inside Molly McPhee, University of Melbourne, Australia
9. Nomadic Contagions and the Performance of Infrastructure in Dale Farm's Post-eviction Scene Lynne McCarthy, University of East London, UK
Part Three: Conducting Emotions, Moods and Minds
10.The Paradox of Immersion: Mechanisms of Contagion and Separation in Punchdrunk's Sleep No More Ana Pais, University of Lisbon, Portugal
11.Outer and Inner Contagions Mark Pizzato, UNC Charlotte, USA
12.Theatre, Appification and VR Apps: Disability Simulations as an Intervention in 'Affective Realism' Liam Jarvis, University of Essex, UK
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