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Playing the Other

Playing the Other

Dramatizing Personal Narratives in Playback Theatre

Nick Rowe

Paperback: £19.99 / $35.00

2007, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-421-6, BIC 2: MQTC

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1. Setting the Scene. 2. Openness and Ethics. 3. Personal Stories in Public Places. 4. Narratives and Memory Work. 5. A Very Different Kind of Dialogue: The Symbolic in Playback Theatre. 6. On `The Narrow Ridge': The Performer's Response to the Story. 7. The Exploration of Occasion: Improvisation and Playback Theatre. 8. The Ensemble. 9. The Ethical Limitations of Playback Performing. 10. Reflexivity and the Personal Story: Playback Theatre as Social Intervention. 11. Concluding Thoughts. References. Appendices. Subject index. Author index.

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