'In Comes I': Performance, Memory and Landscape (Exeter Performance Studies) - Softcover

Mike Pearson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859897885 ISBN 13: 9780859897884

Publisher: University of Exeter Press, 2007

Synopsis

‘In Comes I’ explores performance and land, biography and locality, memory and place. The book reflects on performances past and present, taking the form of a series of excursions into the agricultural landscape of eastern England, and drawing from archaeology, geomorphology, folklore, and local and family history.

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About the Author

Mike Pearson was Leverhulme Research Fellow and Professor of Performance Studies at Aberystwyth University. He was co-author with Michal Shanks of Theatre/ Archaeology (2001) and author of ‘In Comes I’: Performance, Memory and Landscape (2006); Site-Specific Performance (UEP, 2010); Mickery Theater: An Imperfect Archaeology(2011) and Marking Time: Performance, Archaeology and the City (UEP, 2013)

He made theatre professionally for over forty years, notably with Brith Gof (1981-97) and Pearson/Brookes (1997-present). With Mike Brookes, he co-conceived and co-directed The Persians (2010) and Coriolanus for National Theatre Wales, the latter in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a contribution to the World Shakespeare Festival/London 2012.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859897885
• ISBN 13: 9780859897884
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272