Contemporary French Theatre and Performance

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction; C.Finburgh  & C.Lavery PART I: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH THEATRE From Mise en Scène of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material'; D.Bradby The Spirit of a Place: Place in Contemporary French Performance; M.Corvin The Landscaped Narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noëlle; C.Hersant The Politics of Dramaturgy in France; C.Finburgh An Unlikely Scene: French Theatre in the New Liberal Economy; J-P.Han The Construction and Production of Performance; R.Cantarella Performing Presence, Affirming Difference: Deleuze and the Minor Theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene; L.Cull Théatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community; B.Hamidi Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne; C.Déchery PART II: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH PERFORMANCE From Orlan to Bernhardt: Recycling French Feminism, Theatre and Performance; E.Aston Performance and Poetry: Crossed Destinies; É.Vautrin Breaking Down the Walls: Interventionist Performance Strategies in French Street Theatre; S.Haedicke Montage and Détournement in Contemporary Moving Image Performance; C.Lavery Xavier Le Roy: The Dissenting Choreography of One Frenchman Less; B.Cvejic A Theological Turn? French Postmodern Dance and Herman Diephuis'  D'Après J C ; N.Stewart How to Collaborate With Someone you may Never Meet; A.Corrieri Après Toutes Ces Elles/After All This Else: 'New' French Feminisms Translated to the British Scene; G.Harris Index