{"id":334,"date":"2014-10-14T20:10:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T20:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/staging-beckett\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-10-14T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T20:10:36","slug":"cfp-staging-beckett-and-contemporary-theatre-and-performance-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/staging-beckett\/cfp-staging-beckett-and-contemporary-theatre-and-performance-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Conference Call for Papers <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Minghella Building, University of Reading 10-11 April 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Staging Beckett team is pleased to announce the project\u2019s third and final conference, Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures.<\/strong> Building on the conversation begun at the first two events which addressed national and international performance histories and productions at the cultural \u2018margins\u2019 respectively, this conference aims to address how we can locate productions of Beckett\u2019s theatre or the staging of any Beckett text within the wider landscape of contemporary theatre and performance in different cultural contexts. What are the legacies of productions of Beckett\u2019s theatre or stage adaptations of other texts for contemporary theatre and performance practitioners? How can we best document and record those legacies? We are keen to hear from academics and practitioners (whether UK, Irish or international) interested in the legacies of particular performances, the documentation and analysis of Beckett in performance, and in the dialogues between Beckett\u2019s theatre and wider theatre and performance practices and cultures. Issues to consider might be, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n