Stumping and Stunts: Walking in Circles in the “Go-As-You-Please” Race

Smith, Kirstin (2015) Stumping and Stunts: Walking in Circles in the “Go-As-You-Please” Race. TDR: The Drama Review, 59 (2). pp. 129-150. ISSN 1054-2043

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Abstract

New York City, 1884: 14 contestants set out to walk round and round a track for six days in the “go-as-you-please” race, taking as little rest as possible. What does this durational act tell us about a type of performance just beginning to be named in New York slang as a “stunt”? Anticipating early-20th-century dance marathons and later durational performance art, the race enacted and troubled circulation, revealing fault lines of valorization: between work and leisure, work and life, and sporting and theatrical performance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stunt,walking
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Creative Writing Research Group Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Creative-Critical Research Group
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2017 00:06
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2025 00:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62082
DOI:	10.1162/DRAM_a_00454

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