{"product_id":"9781032076621","title":"Barrie Kosky on the Contemporary Australian Stage: Affect, Post-Tragedy, Emergency","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book-length study of Australian theatre productions by internationally-renowned director, Barrie Kosky\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a prolific opera director in Europe, \u003ci\u003eBarrie Kosky on the Contemporary Australian Stage \u003c\/i\u003eaccounts for the formative years of Kosky's career in Australia.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThis book provides in-depth engagements with select productions including \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk \u003c\/i\u003ewhich Kosky directed with Gilgul theatre company in 1991, as well as \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Echo \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), and \u003ci\u003eWomen of Troy \u003c\/i\u003e(2008).　\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing affect theory as a prism through which these works are analysed, the book accounts for the director's particular engagement with – and radical departure from – classical tragedy in contemporary performance: what the book defines as Kosky's 'post-tragedies'. Theatre studies scholars and students, particularly those with interests in affect, contemporary performance, 'director's theatre', and tragedy, will benefit from \u003cem\u003eBarrie Kosky on the Contemporary Australian Stage\u003c\/em\u003e’s vivid engagement with Kosky's work: a director who has become a singular figure in opera and theatre of international critical acclaim.　\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46259845169393,"sku":"9781032076621","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781032076621_p0.jpg?v=1765047038","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781032076621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}