Narrating the Past through Theatre: Four Crucial Texts

1. Introduction: Modern Drama and the Translation of History’s Narratives
Michael Y. Bennett

2. Danton’s Memory: Structural Impossibilities in Büchner’s Danton’s Death
Michael Y. Bennett

3. Salome’s Tale—Iokanaan’s Telling—Wilde’s Retelling: Historical Relativity and (Un)specificity in Wilde’s Salome
Michael Y. Bennett

4. Galileo’s Narrative: Translating History’s “Conditions” in Brecht’s Life of Galileo
Michael Y. Bennett

5. Conclusion: For All Seasons—The Particulars and the Universals of Man in Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons
Michael Y. Bennett

Keywords: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Theatre History, Performing Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies, Literature, general