Adorno and Modern Theatre The Drama of the Damaged Self in Bond, Rud
Adorno and Modern Theatre explores the drama of Edward Bond, David Rudkin, Howard Barker and Sarah Kane in the context of the work of leading philosopher Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969). The book engages with key principles of Adorno's aesthetic theory and
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Adorno and Modern Theatre The Drama of the Damaged Self in Bond, Rudkin, Barker and Kane Karoline Gritzner Aberystwyth University, UK
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Contents Acknowledgements
viii
List of Abbreviations
ix
Prologue: ‘After Auschwitz’: Survival of the Aesthetic
1
1 Adorno and Beckett: from the Crisis of Schein to the Fidelity to Failure
24
2 Edward Bond and the Aesthetics of Resistance
46
3 David Rudkin’s Theatre of Myth
86
4 Howard Barker’s Theatre of Desire
105
5 Sarah Kane or how to ‘scrape a life out of the ruins’
146
Epilogue: Adorno, Tragedy and Theatre as Negation
163
Notes
182
Bibliography
190
Index
199
vii
Acknowledgements I am deeply grateful to Professor Ioan Williams for introducing me to Adorno’s thoughts all those years ago and for helping me develop my passion for philosophical approaches to theatre. I would like to thank Professor David Ian Rabey for his friendship, generous encouragement, guidance and help
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