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Beckett in New Orleans: Communities and Commodities

Rose, Arthur

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Arthur Rose



Abstract

This article addresses the commodification of Waiting for Godot in community intervention theatre, with particular focus on Paul Chan’s 2007 production Waiting for Godot in New Orleans. It examines three forms of community that emerge in response to the project: artistic, social and local. By considering the ways in which the New Orleans Godot deploys these notions of community, it develops an argument for interpretive “thickness” in performing interventionist Godots, which, in turn, opens up new avenues for the debate between site-specific and traditional performances.

Citation

Rose, A. (2017). Beckett in New Orleans: Communities and Commodities. Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'hui, 29(2), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1163/18757405-02902010

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 17, 2017
Online Publication Date Nov 10, 2017
Publication Date Nov 10, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 25, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui
Print ISSN 0927-3131
Electronic ISSN 1875-7405
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 2
Pages 337-349
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/18757405-02902010

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