The Tragedy of Extinction: Miranda Rose Hall's A Play for the Living.

This article analyzes Miranda Rose Hall's dramatic monologue *A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction* as a pioneering example of the emergent theatrical genre termed the "tragedy of extinction," which addresses the ongoing Sixth Mass Extinction caused by human dependence on fossil fuels. The play, directed by Katie Mitchell in 2021 as part of the STAGES project promoting sustainable theatre practices, employs a pre-Aristotelian dramaturgy focused on collective mourning to represent the scale and affective complexity of climate catastrophe beyond conventional narrative forms. It critiques capitalist extractivism and highlights intersectional ecological justice, while exploring how tragedy can mobilize political affect through shared grief and the potential for collective pleasure, though the production's austerity limits its cathartic impact. The article situates Hall's work within ecotheatre and eco-criticism, emphasizing the challenges of representing global warming's vast temporal and material dimensions and advocating for theatrical forms that foster solidarity among human and non-human beings amid ecological crisis.