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Contemporary Gothic Drama

Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage

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Editors:
  1. Kelly Jones

    1. School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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  2. Benjamin Poore

    1. Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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  3. Robert Dean

    1. School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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  • Offers a fresh insight into the Gothic genre by bringing it to a contemporary platform
  • Brings together a broad collection of essays that have interdisciplinary appeal by covering theatre, adaptation, cinema, culture, history and tourism
  • Focuses on the interminable power of the Gothic to haunt, terrify and enrapture audiences from the eighteenth-century right up to the present day

Part of the book series: Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)

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This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to explorations of the Gothic’s power to haunt contemporary playwriting, macabre tourism and site-specific performance. By taking familiar Gothic motifs, such as the Gothic body, the monster and Gothic theatricality, and bringing them to a new contemporary stage, this collection provides a fresh and comprehensive take on a popular genre. Whilst the focus of the collection falls upon Gothic drama, the contents of the book will embrace an interdisciplinary appeal to scholars and students in the fields of theatre studies, literature studies, tourism studies, adaptation studies, cultural studies, and history. 

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Kelly Jones, Benjamin Poore, Robert Dean
    Pages 1-18

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-266
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Reviews

“A timely and much needed contribution to the fields of Gothic and performance studies. This is a significant attempt to understand the many rich examples of Gothic drama in contemporary culture.” (Ian Conrich, University of Vienna, Austria)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Kelly Jones, Robert Dean

  • Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, York, United Kingdom

    Benjamin Poore

About the editors

Dr Kelly Jones is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK


Dr Benjamin Poore is Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York, UK


Dr Robert Dean is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Gothic Drama

  • Book Subtitle: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage

  • Editors: Kelly Jones, Benjamin Poore, Robert Dean

  • Series Title: Palgrave Gothic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95359-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95358-5Published: 23 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95931-0Published: 10 December 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95359-2Published: 07 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6214

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6222

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 266

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Film Theory, Theatre History, British Culture

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