1st Edition
Performing Paradise The Living Theatre in France (1968–2018)
By Emeline Jouve
Copyright 2026
300 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
300 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Performing Paradise offers a groundbreaking reassessment of one of the most influential yet misunderstood theatrical experiments of the twentieth century.
This illuminating study delves deep into the aesthetic and cultural significance of the Living Theatre's revolutionary production "Paradise Now," tracing its journey from its French origins in 1968 through its controversial American tour... Read more
Acknowledgments
Translator’s Note
Introduction
1. Theatre on the Margins: The Living Theatre, 1947-1967
2. Heterotopia of a Crisis: Paradise Now, Rites and Passages
3. Heterotopias of Deviation: Avignon ’68 or the Birth of a Tragedy
4. 2018 and Paradise Today: The Survival of the Fireflies
Conclusion. Paradise Now: The Other Side of the Mirror
Name Index
Index
Biography
Émeline Jouve, is Professor of US Theatre at Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.
Lara Cox is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.
