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Part 2.2 Mountain Drama

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In the second chapter in Part 2 (2.2) the treatment of mountains by playwrights across the ages is surveyed and the, first canon of mountain dramas is constructed. This is done using the conceit of longitudinal mapping to help define a diverse selection of playtexts in unlikely but productive pairings: from Peru in the Eastern Hemisphere to Australia in the West. A consideration of the common characteristics of a mountain dramaturgy forms a conclusion.

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Pitches, J. (2020). Part 2.2 Mountain Drama. In: Performing Mountains. Performing Landscapes. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55601-1_6

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