Reading the Material Theatre
Reading the Material Theatre
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USDRic Knowles develops and demonstrates a method of theatrical performance analysis involving the entire theater experience, from production to reception. Five case studies provide a first-step introduction to key terms and areas of performance theory. They include the cultural work performed by a major Shakespearean repertory theater, a small nationalist theater devoted to new play development, a major New York-based avant-garde touring theater company, and a British socialist company dedicated to the work of Shakespeare, as well as a range of international festivals.
- Develops and applies a fully-contextualized method for the analysis of contemporary theatre
- Includes detailed case studies of specific productions
- Author is a leading scholar in the field and is well-known for his work on reception, staging, and Shakespeare
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"the breadth and complexity with which this book surveys a range of contemporary experimentation in the English-speaking world is illuminating and provocative." - Shannon Jackson
Product details
June 2004Hardback
9780521643313
248 pages
216 × 140 × 16 mm
0.44kg
10 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. Theory and Practice:
- 1. Theory: towards a materialist semiotics
- 2. Practice: conditions of production and reception
- Conclusion to Part I
- Part II. Case Studies:
- 3. The Stratford Festival
- 4. Tarragon Theatre
- 5. The Wooster Group
- 6. The English Shakespeare Company
- 7. International festivals
- Conclusion
- Index.
