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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Semiotics at its best
Colin Counsell's reading of the performance practice of key practitioners in the twentith century is not only fascinating in general, but also shows how a reader-friendly application of semiotics can elucidate performance. While some semioticians divide and subdivide categories and concepts to the point where they become too abstract to be really useful, Counsell manages...
Published on May 1, 2001 by Paul Monaghan
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Pretty obvious stuff...but always good for a bibliography
Good and well researched, but semiotics at this level can never really be THAT interesting...more irritating than Martin Esslin's books on the same subject...however, is worth a read if you are unsure of the subject...as I said before - fleshes out your bibliography!
Published on April 28, 2000
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Semiotics at its best,
By Paul Monaghan (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Theatre (Paperback)
Colin Counsell's reading of the performance practice of key practitioners in the twentith century is not only fascinating in general, but also shows how a reader-friendly application of semiotics can elucidate performance. While some semioticians divide and subdivide categories and concepts to the point where they become too abstract to be really useful, Counsell manages to remain clear, accessible and focused on performance as something an audience experiences and 'reads'.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty obvious stuff...but always good for a bibliography,
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This review is from: Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Theatre (Paperback)
Good and well researched, but semiotics at this level can never really be THAT interesting...more irritating than Martin Esslin's books on the same subject...however, is worth a read if you are unsure of the subject...as I said before - fleshes out your bibliography!
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Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Theatre by Colin Counsell (Paperback - May 11, 1996)
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