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postdramatic

postdramatic adjective: being or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.

Adjective

postdramatic (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.

Origin of postdramatic

From post- + dramatic. The notion was established by German theatre researcher Hans-Thies Lehmann in his book Postdramatic Theatre.

Questions about postdramatic

What does postdramatic mean?
Postdramatic means being or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.
What part of speech is postdramatic?
Postdramatic is an adjective.

Words near postdramatic in the dictionary

  1. postdonation
  2. postdorsal
  3. postdose
  4. postdosing
  5. postdraft
  6. postdramatic
  7. postdreissenid
  8. postdrilling
  9. postdromal
  10. postdrome
  11. postdromes

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