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2、olorshiponChurchill’sextraordinaryandground-breakingwork.Chaptersexploreaclusterofmajorplaysinrelationtopressingsocialtopics–ecologicalcrisis,sexualpolitics,revolution,terrorandselfhood–providingclosereadingsoftextsintheirtheatrical,theoreticalandhistoricalcontexts.Th
3、esetopic-basedessaysareintercalatedwithotheressaysthatdelveintoChurchill’smajorcollaborations,herperformanceinnovationsandherinfluencesonanewgenerationofplaywrights.ContributorsexploreChurchill’scareer-longexperimentation–herrisk-takingthathasreinvigoratedthestage,both
4、formallyandpolitically.Providinganewcriticalplatformforthestudyofatheatricalcareerthatspansalmostfiftyyears,theCompanionpaysfreshattentiontoChurchill’spoeticprecision,darkwitandinexhaustiblecreativity.elaineastonisProfessorofContemporaryPerformanceatLancasterUniversity
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6、ngapore,SãoPaulo,DelhiCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521728942©CambridgeUniversityPress2009Thispublicatio
7、nisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished2009PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,CambridgeAcatal
8、oguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryisbn978-0-521-49322-2Hardbackisbn978-0-521-72894-2PaperbackCambr