Crossing the Line

Liminality and Lies in Sleep No More

Authors

  • J. D. Oxblood BurlesqueBeat.com

Keywords:

Macbeth, Performance Studies, Liminality

Abstract

Focusing on the author's experience in "the hut" during a New York performance of Sleep No More, this essay discusses the way in which boundaries are crossed, not only those distinguishing Georg Büchner's Woyzeck from Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Tom Waits version of "The Children's Story," but also those separating performer and audience.

Author Biography

J. D. Oxblood, BurlesqueBeat.com

J. D. Oxblood is co-founder and Editor-in-Tease of BurlesqueBeat.com and an occasional contributor. His burlesque writing has also been seen in Burlesque Magazine, 21st Century Burlesque, and Zelda.

ssue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2012. Image: Lady Macbeth cradles Macbeth who sits naked in a bloody bathtub. Masked figures look on.

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Published

2020-06-25

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2012): Fall/Winter

Section

Articles