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Simon McBurney's one-man show The Encounter is an internationally successful example of a theatrical travelogue. This article discusses it in detail in order to explore the political and aesthetic implications of telling travel stories on stage. The article also places this show into a broader historical context of 'voyage drama'.
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This page is a summary of: “It’s a big world in here”: Contemporary Voyage Drama and the Politics of Mobility, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, January 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/jcde-2017-0002.
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