ABSTRACT

Theatre on Trial is the first full-length analysis of Samuel Beckett's later drama in the context of contemporary theatre. Audrey McMullan employs a close, textual examination of the later plays as a springboard for exploring ideas around authority, voyeurism, gender and the ideology of stage and TV space. Her application of deconstruction and psychoanalytic feminism to Beckett's work will break new and exciting ground.

chapter |14 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|30 pages

MIMICKING MIMESIS

chapter 2|24 pages

MASQUERADES OF SELF

chapter 3|18 pages

THIS SEX WHICH IS NOT ONE

chapter 4|30 pages

REFIGURING AUTHORITY