Ric 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.
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Reading the Material Theatre develops and demonstrates a method of theatrical performance analysis that takes into account the entire theatre experience, from production to reception. It includes five case studies of the cultural work performed by a major Shakespearean repertory theatre, a small nationalist theatre devoted to new play development, a major New York-based avant-garde touring theatre company, a British socialist company dedicated to the work of Shakespeare, and a range of international festivals. This accessible volume provides a first-step introduction to key terms and areas of performance theory.
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A wide range of material factors frame, contain, and contribute to the ways in which audiences understand theatrical productions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audience amenities, materialist semiotics, theatre semiotics, season brochure, material theatre, festival context, theatre industry, neutral mask, theatre workers, theatrical training, cultural materialism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Old Vic, National Theatre, Royal Alex, The Henrys, World Stage, English Shakespeare Company, King John, Disco Pigs, North America, Theatre de Complicite, Edinburgh Fringe, Robert Lepage, Robin Phillips, Gertrude Stein, Kate Valk, Midsummer Night's Dream, Performing Garage, The Retreat, Peter Brook, The Glass Menagerie, United States, West End, Marvin Carlson, Traverse Theatre New!
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A wide range of material factors frame, contain, and contribute to the ways in which audiences understand theatrical productions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audience amenities, materialist semiotics, theatre semiotics, season brochure, material theatre, festival context, theatre industry, neutral mask, theatre workers, theatrical training, cultural materialism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Old Vic, National Theatre, Royal Alex, The Henrys, World Stage, English Shakespeare Company, King John, Disco Pigs, North America, Theatre de Complicite, Edinburgh Fringe, Robert Lepage, Robin Phillips, Gertrude Stein, Kate Valk, Midsummer Night's Dream, Performing Garage, The Retreat, Peter Brook, The Glass Menagerie, United States, West End, Marvin Carlson, Traverse Theatre New!
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- Theatre Audiences by Susan Bennett on 4 pages
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams on 4 pages
- Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism by Jonathan Dollimore in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Studying Audiences: The Shock of the Real by Virginia Nightingale on page 18, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare on page 114, page 116, and Back Matter
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- The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance (Routledge Companions) by Paul Allain on page 157, and Back Matter
- Stage Fright, Animals, and Other Theatrical Problems (Theatre and Performance Theory) by Nicholas Ridout in Front Matter
- Process Drama and Multiple Literacies: Addressing Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues by Jenifer Jasinski Schneider in Front Matter
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