editorial:
Vol 1 No.1: April 2010
This inaugural edition of Drama Research presents a broad spectrum of work and thought in articles that examine the multi-faceted nature of drama. Written from a range of international and age-range perspectives, together they reveal ways in which drama engages the mind, body and spirit of all those who participate.
Andy Kempe explores the edges of theatre form and moral values through a practical approach to Grand-Guignol. He argues that there is much to be learned through consideration of the ways in which modern audience responses differ from those who originally flocked to see these grotesque productions in Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He suggests that in a practical workshop the moral imperatives and parameters involved in dealing with this mixture of form and content are highlighted and so placed in a position whereby they may be critically reviewed.