DOCUMENTARY AS OBLIVION AND A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY - NATURE THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE UNCREATIVE WRITING Cover Image

DOCUMENTARY AS OBLIVION AND A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY - NATURE THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE UNCREATIVE WRITING
DOCUMENTARY AS OBLIVION AND A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY - NATURE THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE UNCREATIVE WRITING

Author(s): Andrea Tompa
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: documentary theater; verbatim; cultural memory; American theater; Nature Theater of Oklahoma; Romeo and Juliet; Life and Times; Hungarian theater.

Summary/Abstract: The present article deals with the performance of the American avangard theater Nature Theater of Oklahoma, looking at the texts created with a documentary technique, documenting a special function of memory, or rather oblivion. Cultural oblivion is a key for interpreting the texts of this group.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-76
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English