"Mabou Mines's "Lear
A Narrative of Collective Authorship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4551268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iris Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279 |
| Publication date | 1993-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3208355 |
| OpenAlex | W2312405955 |
| Language | EN |
The name Mabou Mines has become a kind of totem in today's theatre. To their peers, this New York-based company represents a model of avant-garde theatricality -in writing, in acting, in directing, in production, in technology and in collaboration. To mainstream theatregoers and critics, Mabou Mines remains a curiosity, by turns fascinating, puzzling and infuriating. Since its beginning almost 20 years ago, the group has accumulated a powerful, almost magical aura despite the fact that (or very possibly because) it's unbelievably difficult to say exactly what Mabou Mines is
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Narrative · Visual arts · History · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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