Review Praise for Fete:?A twenty-first century Bartholomew Fair with up-to-date moralities.? -- Peter Thomson, Exeter University?In many ways, MacDonald?s work, with its wicked playfulness and irony, recalls that of his fellow playwright and collaborator, Caryl Churchill.? -- Jessica O?Hara, Penn State University Product Description Designed for undergraduate performance, Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin?s concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humor. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of physical, moral, and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age. Performance theory is crucial to understanding how performance affects collective understanding, and this book will be of interest to a broad range of students of drama and theater. About the Author James MacDonald is a playwright whose work is regularly staged in the United Kingdom. He is an honorary fellow of the drama department at the University of Exeter.