1968: Political Theatre between Triumph and Failure
1968: Political Theatre between Triumph and Failure
Author(s): Liviu MaliţaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: political theatre; popular theatre; militant theatre; revolution; myth; ideology; counterculture; performance; experiment; Avant-garde; deconstruction theatre; documentary theatre;
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to investigate the defining movements of political theatre, which reached its peak during the 1960s. This cultural and performative phenomenon was determined, of course, by political movements, by active ideologies, and by the emergence and then the dominant dynamics of countercultures. The article describes the most relevant theatrical groups of that period, which radically influenced global theatrical practices and developed new theoretical and methodological frames that challenged European Modernism. My contribution also points out the illusions and disappointments that political theatre experienced in such a troubled decade.
Journal: DramArt.Revistă de studii teatrale
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 35-47
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English