Postdramatic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. not-comparable

Etymology

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

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