Die Repolitisierung des Theaters. Das Dokumentarische als Erinnerungsstrategie im rumänischen Theater
The re-politicization of Theatre. The documentary as a strategy of remembrance in Romanian theatre

The re-politicization of Theatre. The documentary as a strategy of remembrance in Romanian theatre

Summary/Abstract: The analysis focuses on contemporary Romanian political theatre exemplified by two plays: “Tipografic Majuscul” by Gianina Cărbunariu and “Capete infierbântate” by Mihaela Michailov. The two authors and directors make part of a young generation that revitalized the Romanian theatrical landscape in general and political theatre in particular. They work as a collective and critically treat political, social and historical topics. The analysed plays take a look back on events of the recent past that have long been a taboo and which they approach in the form of a political documentary theater. But they do not intend to only document the past, but they seek to play an active part in shaping the present and the future through their plays.

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