Making the Stage
Essays on the Changing Concept of Theatre, Drama, and Performance
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2020
215 pages
978-1-5275-6317-9 (ISBN)
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MAKING THE STAGE is a collection of essays that examines the role of theatre, drama, and performance in contemporary culture, a culture that is growing increasingly technological and isolated--seemingly at odds with the very nature of theatre, a collaborative and sometimes very primitive art form. Through the course of these essays, it is clear that theatre not only survives some of the challenges of the day but even defines discussions, particularly political ones which are prohibited by an increasingly manipulated media. The essays, from a diverse group of theatre scholars, examine the mechanics of theatre, from space to sound to the use of technology, the role of women in creating theatre, the relationship between theatre and literary art forms, the politics of theatre, science and theatre, and the role of performance art. Through them all, it is clear that theatre, drama, and performance continue to speak in significant ways.
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Making the Stage
Essays on the Changing Concept of Theatre, Drama, and Performance
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Building the Aural Stage
- The Disembodied Voice
- Spacing Out
- Resurrecting John Milton
- Parlor Tricks
- Bringing the Revolution to the Stage
- Images, Evidence, and Spectatorship in Caryl Churchill's Far Away
- The Pillowman and Representations of Violence
- Reconstructing the Real
- "This Story Has More Other Hands Than a Hindu God"
- Technology, History, and Postmodernism in Howard Brenton's HID
- Performing, Playing, Politicking
- African Theatre for Development in America's Heartland
- Contributors
