A Cultural History of Theatre: A Desideratum

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Why is it important?

Performance’s ability to organize and cohere markers of cultural belonging, difference, and dissonance are the hallmarks of contemporary life. A Cultural History of Theatre is a step toward sampling how this works in the historical and recent past from the perspective of performance historians. It offers ways to reconstitute our orientation toward culture per se, not just the place and role of theatre but its centrality to social life, organized interaction, and adaptations to circumstance.