The theatre of war: rememoration and the horse
Edited book (chapter)
McDonald, Janet. 2019. "The theatre of war: rememoration and the horse." Kerby, Martin, Baguley, Margaret and McDonald, Janet (ed.) The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural responses to war since 1914: the British Isles, the United States and Australasia. Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 535-551
| Chapter Title | The theatre of war: rememoration and the horse |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
| Book Title | The Palgrave handbook of artistic and cultural responses to war since 1914: the British Isles, the United States and Australasia |
| Authors | |
| Author | McDonald, Janet |
| Editors | Kerby, Martin, Baguley, Margaret and McDonald, Janet |
| Page Range | 535-551 |
| Chapter Number | 29 |
| Number of Pages | 17 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
| ISBN | 9783319969855 |
| 9783319969862 | |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96986-2_29 |
| Abstract | This chapter will interrogate the intricate and relational act of memorialization through the theatre production of War Horse in order to further explain why the use of ‘live’ horse-sized puppets offer the most indelible, though initially unlikely communication of the impact of war on an audience. In order to do this, it is important to consider the act of memory in the multiple adaptations of the War Horse story, the symbolic associations with the horse throughout history, and how the interconnectedness of humans and horses is critical to understanding the impact of War Horse on an audience’s understanding and memorialization of the Great War. This paper is not a review of War Horse adaptations but an attempt to explore and describe the interfacial and relational aspects of theatre (live fictive experience) and their impact on memory, memorialization and empathy. |
| Keywords | War Horse, performance theory, rememoration, live theatre, WW1 |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360403. Drama, theatre and performance studies |
| 430399. Historical studies not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | c. The Editors and The Authors 2019. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Creative Arts |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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