The Editors: Marc Maufort is a professor of English-language
literatures and drama at the Universit� Libre de Bruxelles
(Belgium). He has published numerous essays and edited several
books on contemporary American and postcolonial drama. His most
recent monograph, Transgressive Itineraries: Postcolonial
Hybridizations of Dramatic Realism (P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2003),
offers a comparative study of contemporary Canadian, Australian,
and New Zealand drama.
David O'Donnell, a graduate of the University of Otago and Toi
Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, is a senior lecturer in theatre
at Victoria University of Wellington. He has published extensively
on New Zealand and Pacific drama and is also an award-winning
director whose productions include several premieres of recent New
Zealand plays.
�The book will for many years contribute to an understanding of the
development of New Zealand theatre.� (Adrian Kiernander, Theatre
Research International)
�[This] is a rich sourcebook offering a broad spectrum of views on
recent theatrical developments that consistently challenges the
idea of what "New Zealand theatre" might comprise and represent.
Maufort and O'Donnell have taken on an ambitious task in creating a
critical anthology that has sufficient specificity to appeal to New
Zealand users, but is painted broadly enough to serve as an
authoritative introduction for an international audience. [...]
'Performing Aotearoa' is an important anthology, offering a sound
affirmation of New Zealand theatre and drama as a diverse and
vibrant cultural product worthy of international scholarly
attention.� (Diana Looser, Theatre Journal)
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