1. Introduction
2. Real People Part 1: Winning and/or losing the game of life in autobiographical performance—Winners and Losers
3. Real People Part 2: Insecurity and ethical failure in the encounter with stranger—100% Vancouver, RARE, and Polyglotte
4. Real Words: Reproducing life in remediated verbatim theatre—Seeds and 300 TAPES
5. Real Space: The insecure geographies of site-specific audio walks—Garden/ /Suburbia and Landline
6. Real Bodies Part 1: The traumatic real in immersive performances of political crisis and insecurity—Counting Sheep and Foreign Radical
7. Real Bodies Part 2: Narcissistic spectatorship in theatrical "haunted houses" of solo immersive performance—Everyman
8. Coda: Theatres of the real in the age of post-reality
Jenn Stephenson is Professor in the Dan School
of Drama and Music at Queen’s University. Her book Performing
Autobiography: Contemporary Canadian Drama is also published by
University of Toronto Press.
"This book offers a compelling and timely investigation of the
'real', ably and amply illustrated by a diversity of case studies.
A must-read addition to scholarship on Canadian theatre and
performance."--Susan Bennett, Department of English, University of
Calgary
" Insecurity is well-conceived, articulately-written, and so
thoroughly and completely realized in execution. It is a pleasure
to read." --Moira Day, Department Head of Drama, University of
Saskatchewan
"Lively and engaging, Jenn Stephenson has produced a compelling and
timely interrogation of the 'real', ably and amply illustrated by a
strong selection of case studies. This work is illuminating, the
breadth and diversity of the performances under investigation alone
make this book an important addition to scholarship on Canadian
theatre and performance. Insecurity is an original contribution to
the contested terrain of putting the 'real' on stage and in front
of an audience."--Susan Bennett, Department of English, University
of Calgary
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