Michael Mangan holds the Chair in Drama at Exeter University. His main research interests lie in the broad area of theatre and society: more specifically, he has published books, articles and papers on the subjects of: theatre and gender, Shakespeare and Renaissance theatre, the cultural history of popular performance, and contemporary British theatre. He has also worked as a playwright, a director, a literary manager, a dramaturg and an actor.

• Introduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance Part I: Frames and ContextsChapter 1: On GerontologyChapter 2: On Age, Stage and ConsciousnessPart II: Tragedy and ComedyChapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at ColonusChapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval DramaChapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration ComedyChapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster FiguresPart III: MemoriesChapter 7: On Memory and Its ModesChapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and InterventionPart IV: The Value(s) of Old AgeChapter 9: On LongevityChapter 10: On Institutions Chapter 11: On Song and DanceEpilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman

'Mangan has written a key text on the subject that widens the debate and lays the ground for further study'

Michael Mangan holds the Chair in Drama at Exeter University. His main research interests lie in the broad area of theatre and society: more specifically, he has published books, articles and papers on the subjects of: theatre and gender, Shakespeare and Renaissance theatre, the cultural history of popular performance, and contemporary British theatre. He has also worked as a playwright, a director, a literary manager, a dramaturg and an actor.

• Introduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance Part I: Frames and ContextsChapter 1: On GerontologyChapter 2: On Age, Stage and ConsciousnessPart II: Tragedy and ComedyChapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at ColonusChapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval DramaChapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration ComedyChapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster FiguresPart III: MemoriesChapter 7: On Memory and Its ModesChapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and InterventionPart IV: The Value(s) of Old AgeChapter 9: On LongevityChapter 10: On Institutions Chapter 11: On Song and DanceEpilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman

'Mangan has written a key text on the subject that widens the debate and lays the ground for further study'

Michael Mangan holds the Chair in Drama at Exeter University. His main research interests lie in the broad area of theatre and society: more specifically, he has published books, articles and papers on the subjects of: theatre and gender, Shakespeare and Renaissance theatre, the cultural history of popular performance, and contemporary British theatre. He has also worked as a playwright, a director, a literary manager, a dramaturg and an actor.

• Introduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance Part I: Frames and ContextsChapter 1: On GerontologyChapter 2: On Age, Stage and ConsciousnessPart II: Tragedy and ComedyChapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at ColonusChapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval DramaChapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration ComedyChapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster FiguresPart III: MemoriesChapter 7: On Memory and Its ModesChapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and InterventionPart IV: The Value(s) of Old AgeChapter 9: On LongevityChapter 10: On Institutions Chapter 11: On Song and DanceEpilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman

'Mangan has written a key text on the subject that widens the debate and lays the ground for further study'