Just Play Theatre as Social Justice

by Ruiter, David; Picciotto, Joanna; Schad, John; Craik, Katharine; Loofbourow, Liliana; Palfrey, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781474233934
• ISBN10: 1474233937
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-06-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Bringing together documentary accounts, interviews, travel narratives, performance commentaries and collaborative writing – in contrast to more traditional and alienating modes of academic criticism – Just Play adopts more direct forms of critical engagement to explore the potential of community theater as a mode of social justice.

Following the work of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro de México as they take adaptations and performances of Shakespeare, Brecht and Moliere to the people of rural Mexico, Just Play explores their practices and motivations and the implications for an engaged theater in the context of a globalized community. The book includes links throughout to audio interviews and new video footage of community performances.

Author Biography

David Ruiter is Associate Professor of English and Director of Academic Continuous Improvement at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. He is the author of Shakespeare's Festive History (2003).

Table of Contents

1. The White Guy in the Room
2. Theatre Notes: Mexico Takes London, the Globe
3. Going First to Third, Third to First
4. Found in Translation
5. Theatre Notes: On the Road with Brecht and Company
6. Teatro de Companeros
7. What We Talk About When We Talk About Theatre
8. Set Naked
9. Liberation Theatre
10. Theatre Notes: 'There Are Many Who Go Travelling'
Bibliography
Index