Agents and Actors Alike: On the Hidden Theatre of Espionage

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dc.contributor.advisorHarding, James Men_US
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Fraser Morrisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentTheatreen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T05:41:08Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T05:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractThis PhD dissertation analyzes espionage as a form of theatre and performance. Using archival documents, comparative analysis of theatre and espionage case-studies, and the application of critical theory, espionage is revealed to be a theatrical endeavor. It is a paramount example of a phenomenon which exists at the intersection of where art and life are blurred. One that gives urgency to an understanding of how theatre may be viewed outside of its traditional framing. This study of espionage is an undertaking that delves into a history of clandestine performances ranging from Mata Hari, James O’Keefe, Virginia Hall, Kim Philby, Maria Butina, and even theatre practitioner Augusto Boal. The project explores how espionage: is defined by a dialectic of success and failure, has mirrored actor training in the preparing of agents, is reliant on the archive for its execution, is governed by a desire to control, and can be viewed as a form of theatre.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/arrb-6zbc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/27858
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheateren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheater historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPerforming artsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledActingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEspionageen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInvisible Theatreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPerformance Studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPostdramatic Theatreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUndercoveren_US
dc.titleAgents and Actors Alike: On the Hidden Theatre of Espionageen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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