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Bill Cain's 9 Circles: Dramaturgically Re-Evaluating an American Understanding of Military and Individualism

Saddler, Sarah Louise

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2013, Master of Arts, Miami University, Theatre.
This thesis explores the intersection of traumatic wartime experience and theatrical performativity through the lens of Bill Cain’s play 9 Circles (2010). The written text is accompanied with the production of 9 Circles at Miami University (2012). The thesis examines how 9 Circles works in uncovering how war violence grows into traumatic injury. As a dramatic text and performance, 9 Circles addresses the myth of the American soldier in Iraq. The play deconstructs our civilian-minded mentality toward understanding war, ultimately allowing the reader/audience to question the collective responsibility toward understanding wartime experience.
Paul K. Bryant Jackson, PhD (Advisor)
Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix , PhD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Kinney , PhD (Committee Member)
83 p.

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  • Saddler, S. L. (2013). Bill Cain's 9 Circles: Dramaturgically Re-Evaluating an American Understanding of Military and Individualism [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1371465573

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Saddler, Sarah. Bill Cain's 9 Circles: Dramaturgically Re-Evaluating an American Understanding of Military and Individualism . 2013. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1371465573.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Saddler, Sarah. "Bill Cain's 9 Circles: Dramaturgically Re-Evaluating an American Understanding of Military and Individualism ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1371465573

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)