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- Title
Victor Merriman. Austerity and the Public Role of Drama: Performing Lives-in-Common. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, x + 175 pp., £53.49 (hardback), £42.79 (PDF ebook).
- Authors
Liedke, Heidi Lucja
- Abstract
Victor Merriman's book, "Austerity and the Public Role of Drama: Performing Lives-in-Common," explores the relationship between drama and politics in the context of British and Irish economic history. The book delves into the debates and measures taken by the Performance and Civic Futures Research Group at Edge Hill University, which may make it less accessible to readers without a background in British culture and politics. However, the book's manifesto section offers valuable insights into the interplay between the economy and drama, with findings that can be applied to other national contexts. The book concludes with a critical performance manifesto that suggests ways in which drama can create ethical encounters and contribute to new forms of public consciousness and democratic practices.
- Subjects
DAMASCUS (Syria); ELECTRONIC books; AUSTERITY; PALGRAVE Macmillan Ltd.; ECONOMIC history; IRISH history; CONQUERORS; PDF (Computer file format)
- Publication
Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 2, p368
- ISSN
2195-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jcde-2023-0030