Sofer, Andrew, 1964-

Dark matter : invisibility in drama, theater, and performance / Andrew Sofer. - 1 online resource (242 pages). - Theater--theory/text/performance .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to do things with demons: conjuring performatives in Doctor Faustus -- Quantum mechanicals: desiring bottom in A midsummer night's dream -- Unmasking women: The rover and sexual signification on the Restoration stage -- Unbecoming acts: power, performance, and the self-consuming body in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly last summer -- Bugs in the mind: The archbishop's ceiling and Arthur Miller's prismatic drama -- Invisible wounds: rehearsing trauma on the contemporary stage.

9780472029686 (e-book)


Offstage action (Drama)
Presence (Philosophy)
English drama--History and criticism.
American drama--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PN1696 / .S65 2013eb

792.01

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