The coup de théâtre and the enchanting object of performance
作者：
William McEvoy*
通讯作者：
William McEvoy
作者机构：
School of English, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
通讯机构：
School of English, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
语种：
英文
期刊：
Studies in Theatre and Performance
ISSN：
1468-2761
年：
2021
卷：
41
期：
2
页码：
184-196
摘要：
Examining three examples from theatre productions in London and Edinburgh between 1997 and 2001, this article explores the coup de théâtre as a theatrical phenomenon. It argues for the importance of enchantment in conceptualising the coup de théâtre and that the suspension of the rational in relation to such theatrical moments is central to their impact. This sense of enchantment revolves around the changing status of the object in the coup de théâtre, which, it will be suggested, is linked to the shift between animacy and inanimacy. By destabilising rational modes of understanding, the coup de théâtre enters into the temporality of death and mourning, as objects ...
