Reading a range of work from the US and UK over the last two decades, this is an innovative study of theatre's growing obsession with technologies and effects of naming. How does theatre reflect, and intervene in, naming practices across domains such as philosophy, computing, journalism, anthropology, advertising, military training, and genetics?

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JAMES FRIEZE is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He devises and directs new works for the stage and site-specific adaptations of novels, magazines, and virtual worlds. He has contributed to various journals, and is currently
writing books on Ping Chong, and (with Anita Gonzalez) on diasporic performance in Liverpool and New York.

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Preface Introduction: Improper Naming Authorship: A Trick of the I Assimilation: Sounding Through the Surface Demonstration: Illustrative Irony Diagnosis: Putting Medical History Under the Knife Programming: The Designated Blueprint Disclosure: Transcript and Testimony Monstrosity: Branding the Phatic Graphting: Plotting the Body as Puzzle Supplement: Naming Critical Acts Bibliography Index