Andrs Viskys Barrack Dramaturgy: Memories of the Body

Widely considered one of the most innovative voices in Hungarian theatre, Andrs Visky has enjoyed growing audiences and increased critical acclaim over the last fifteen years. Nonetheless, his plays have yet to reach a wider English-language audience. This volume, edited by Jozefina Komporaly, begins to correct this by bringing together a translated collection of Viskys work. The book includes the first English-language anthology of Viskys best known plays Juliet, I Killed My Mother, and Porn as well as critical analysis and an exploration of Viskys 'Barrack Dramaturgy', a dramaturgical theory in which he considers the theatre as a space for exploring feelings of cultural and personal captivity. Inspired by personal experience of the oppressive communist regime in Romania, Viskys work explores the themes of gender, justice and trauma, encouraging shared moments of remembrance and collective memory. This collection makes use of scripts and directors notes, as well as interviews with creative teams behind the productions, to reveal a holistic, insiders view of Viskys artistic vision. Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from this rare, English-language collection of Viskys work and dramaturgy.