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This is an essay about storytelling rather than theatre. It is about the hidden stages in which performance takes place, about illicit, invisible performances and illicit, invisible artworks.
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Schacter, R. (2015). The Invisible Performance/the Invisible Masterpiece: Visibility, Concealment, and Commitment in Graffiti and Street Art. In: Flynn, A., Tinius, J. (eds) Anthropology, Theatre, and Development. Anthropology, Change and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137350602_9
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