Contemporary French theatre and performance

Introduction / Clare Finburgh and Carl Lavery

Part 1. Contemporary French Theatre: 1. From Mise en Scène of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material' / David Bradby; 2. The spirit of a place: place in contemporary French theatre / Michel Corvin. 3. The landscaped narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noëlle Renaude / Céline Hersant; 4. The politics of dramaturgy in France / Clare Finburgh; 5. An unlikely scene: French theatre in the new liberal economy / Jean-Pierre Han; 6. The construction and production of performance / Robert Cantarella; 7. Performing presence, affirming difference: Deleuze and the minor theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene / Laura Cull; 8. Théâtre du Grabuge: ethics, politics and community / Bérénice Hamidi-Kim; 9. Amateurism and the 'DIY' aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne / Chloé Déchery

Part 2. Contemporary French Performance: 10. From Orlan to Bernhardt: recycling French feminism, theatre and performance / Elaine Aston; 11. Performance and poetry: crossed destinies / Éric Vautrin; 12. Breaking down the walls: interventionist performance strategies in French Street Theatre / Susan Haedicke; 13. Montage and Détournement in contemporary French moving image performance / Carl Lavery; 14. Xavier Le Roy: the dissenting choreography of one Frenchman less / Bojana Cvejic; 15. A theological turn? French postmodern dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Après J.-C. / Nigel Stewart; 16. Watching people in the light: Jérôme Bel and the classical theatre / Augusto Corrieri; 17. Après toutes ces elles/After all this else: 'New' French feminisms translated to the British scene / Geraldine Harris.