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Kirsty Johnston

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Kirsty Johnston is associate professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Theatre and Film. In 2012 her monograph Stage Turns: Canadian Disability Theatre appeared with McGill-Queen’s University Press. She has also published work on these topics in such journals as Modern Drama, Theatre Topics and The Journal of Medical Humanities. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Patrick Lonergan

Patrick Lonergan is a lecturer in English at National University of Ireland, Galway. He writes about theatre for The Irish Times and Irish Theatre Magazine. His first book, Theatre and Globalization, was awarded the 2008 Theatre Book Prize. He has authored two Student Editions of plays by Martin McDonagh for Methuen Drama. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Kevin J. Wetmore

Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is professor of theatre arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA, the author and editor of ten books including The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films, and a contributor to numerous volumes on sci-fi, pop culture and religion, including essays on Godzilla, Star Wars, and Battlestar Galactica. His areas of expertise include Japanese theatre, African theatre, Shakespeare, Greek tragedy, stage combat and comedy. He is co-editor with Patrick Lonergan of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama’s Critical Companions series. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Disability Theatre and Modern Drama : Recasting Modernism

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...Writing in 2012, the late and highly influential disability studies scholar Tobin Siebers posed a provocative question:To what concept, other than the idea of disability, might be referred modern art’s love affair with misshapen and twisted...

“Every Man his Specialty”: Beckett, Disability, and Dependence

Michael Davidson

Michael Davidson

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Disability Theatre and Modern Drama : Recasting Modernism

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...I “To decompose is to live, too” In Bending Over Backwards Lennard Davis coins the term “dismodernism” to describe the ways that disability challenges ideas of liberal autonomy and able-bodied normalcy that underwrite contemporary identity...

Ecologies of Autism: Vibrant Space in Imagining Autism

Melissa Trimingham

Melissa Trimingham

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Scenography Expanded : An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...This chapter demonstrates how scenography may be ‘expanded’ into therapeutic applications. The focus is the affective space of scenography within Imagining Autism: Drama, Performance and Intermediality as Interventions for Autistic Spectrum...

Reclaiming the Ordinary Extraordinary Body: Or, The Importance of The Glass Menagerie for Literary Disability Studies

Ann M. Fox

Ann M. Fox

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Disability Theatre and Modern Drama : Recasting Modernism

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...In late 2010, I saw the movie The King’s Speech with my mother. At the end of the movie, she turned to me in surprise and said, “That’s not how I expected the movie to end!” What she meant was that the portrayal of the stuttering King...

Shattering the Glass Menagerie

Terry Galloway

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Terry Galloway

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M. Shane Grant

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M. Shane Grant

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Ben Gunter

Ben Gunter

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Carrie Sandahl

Carrie Sandahl

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Disability Theatre and Modern Drama : Recasting Modernism

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...Characters Carrie Sandahl, herself Terry Galloway, herself Tom, Amanda, Laura, Jim, Eager Audience Member, Ben Gunter and M. Shane Grant...

I Sent a Letter to My Love

Melissa Manchester

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Jeffrey Sweet

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LA Theatre Works

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...Based on the Bernice Rubens' novel of the same name, I Sent a Letter to My Love is a romantic musical by Grammy winner Melissa Manchester and dramatist Jeffrey Sweet. It is 1955 and a lonely spinster, Amy, places a correspondence ad...

Emma's Child

Kristine Thatcher

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LA Theatre Works

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...Winner of the Susan Smith Backburn Prize honoring women writers worldwide, Emma’s Child explores the idea of commitment in a marriage as a parent. Told gently, lovingly and with unexpected humor, this is the story of a childless couple...

Access Aesthetics and Modern Drama: An Interview with Jenny Sealey on Graeae Theatre Company’s The Threepenny Opera and Blood Wedding

Kirsty Johnston

Kirsty Johnston is associate professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Theatre and Film. In 2012 her monograph Stage Turns: Canadian Disability Theatre appeared with McGill-Queen’s University Press. She has also published work on these topics in such journals as Modern Drama, Theatre Topics and The Journal of Medical Humanities. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Disability Theatre and Modern Drama : Recasting Modernism

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016

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...Graeae Theatre Company, founded in 1980, is one of the world’s leading disabled-led theatre companies, recognized for its envelope-pressing artistry, inclusive and accessible practices, and strong reception by audiences and critics. Graeae...

Burning Bridges  

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Amy Shindler

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Nick Hern Books, 2016

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (5), Female (4), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

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...Amy Shindler's play Burning Bridges is a drama about a young woman living with autism, and how her behaviour affects those closest to her. It was first performed at Theatre503, London, on 13 September 2016, produced by Sally Knyvette...

Mind the Gap

Dave Calvert

Dave Calvert

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British Theatre Companies 1995–2014 : Mind the Gap, Kneehigh Theatre, Suspect Culture, Stan’s Cafe, Blast Theory, Punchdrunk

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015

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...Introduction: 1988–97 Mind the Gap is best known for its work with learning disabled performers, through projects that seek to synthesize artistic quality and social engagement. The company’s output ranges across three complementary...