Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23: Theatre and Youth (Theatre Symposium Series)

Theatre Symposium, Volume 23Theatre and Youth\nAuthor(s): David S. Thompson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817370107, 978-0817370107\nSynopsis\nThe essays in volume 23 of Theatre Symposium offer a rich exploration of depictions of youth in works of theatre as well as the role youth play in the creation and performance of drama.\n\nThe curtain rises on Theatre and Youth, volume 23 of Theatre Symposium with keynote reflections by Suzan Zeder, the distinguished playwright of theatre for youth, and presents eleven original essays about theatres reflections of youth and the role of young people in making and performing theatre.\n\nThe first set of essays draws from robustly diverse sources: the work of Frank Wedekind in nineteenth-century Germany, Peter Pans several stage incarnations, Evgeny Shvartss antitotalitarian plays in Soviet Russia, and Christopher Marlowes Dido, Queen of Cartha.