Real theatre essays in experience
"Theatre is often said to offer unique insights into the nature of reality, but this obscures the reality of theatre itself. In Real Theatre, Paul Rae takes a joined-up approach to the realities of theatre to explain why performances take the forms they do, and what effects they have. Drawing o...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore
Cambrigde University Press
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | Theatre and performance theory
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Theatre is often said to offer unique insights into the nature of reality, but this obscures the reality of theatre itself. In Real Theatre, Paul Rae takes a joined-up approach to the realities of theatre to explain why performances take the forms they do, and what effects they have. Drawing on examples ranging from Phantom of the Opera and Danny Boyle's Frankenstein, to the performances of the Wooster Group and arthouse director Tsai Ming-liang, he shows how apparently discrete theatrical events emerge from dynamic and often unpredictable social, technical and institutional assemblages. These events then enter a process of cultural circulation that, as Rae explains, takes many forms: fleeting conversations, the mercurial careers of theatrical characters and the composite personae of actors, and high-profile products like Hollywood movie Birdman. The result is a real theatre that speaks of and to the idiosyncratic and cumulative experience of every theatre participant"-- Introduction: the reality of theatre -- Realtheatrick: material theatres adn ordinary magic -- That's entertainment: theatre and experience -- Theatre talk: the poetics of theatre at a distance -- Peak performance and the construction of theatrical truths -- Infratheatre: what theatre is when it's not quite theatre -- The theatre assembled: technical theatre in performance -- Theatre people: the actor and the unaccommodated man -- Conclusion: real theatre studies? |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 235 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781107186590 978-1-107-18659-0 1107186595 1-107-18659-5 1316637344 1-316-63734-4 |