Mapping Performance Art Influence and Images in Sarah Kane's Plays. (original) (raw)

Abstract

"University of Huddersfield, Master's Research Seminar. The seminar posits that it is possible to trace a double heritage of influence on Sarah Kane's work. One is rooted in theatre - the other, less recognised, is in performance art. The seminar analyses each of Sarah Kane's five published plays and sets them, through a process of visual mapping, in a context of performance art works from the 1950s - 1990s. The visual maps developed for each play trace themes, ideas, politics and sometimes concrete stage images born of performance art precedent in their construction. The seminar suggests that the influence of performance and body art on British theatre-making of the 1990s merits further enquiry, and that recognising the effect of this heritage on Sarah Kane's work enables us to read each of her plays differently."

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