The politics of poaching in postmodern performance : a case study of the Sydney Front's Don Juan in rehearsal and performance

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Title The politics of poaching in postmodern performance : a case study of the Sydney Front's Don Juan in rehearsal and performance
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Abstract/Description This thesis offers a critical examination and analysis of a rehearsal process and performance by the Australian theatre collective the Sydney Front (1986-1993). Don Juan, the Sydney front's fifth major performance production, premiered at the Performance Space in Sydney in April 1991. A modified version of the original show toured nationally and internationally (to Northern European countries and Hong Kong) in 1992. The Sydney front's postmodern re-making of the legend of Don Juan affords an opportunity to investigate the practice of poaching in the rehearsal process and in performance. In this thesis the politics of poaching is explored in and through the process of devising a parody, an ironic reinterpretation and reinvention, of a popular legend.
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Publisher University of Sydney
Publisher Location Sydney
Date Issued 1999
Language English
Citation Kerrie Schaefer, The politics of poaching in postmodern performance : a case study of the Sydney Front's Don Juan in rehearsal and performance , University of Sydney, Sydney, 1999
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