Staging Ageing

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'