Text In Contemporary Theatre

Author : Guna Zeltiņa with Sanita Reinsone
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443865654

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Text in Contemporary Theatre by Guna Zeltiņa with Sanita Reinsone Pdf

This collection of articles is devoted to the relationship between text and performance in contemporary theatre. In this volume, nineteen theatre and drama researchers from the Baltic countries, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Russia and China discuss the results of their research into these issues in academic articles and essays. The book mainly focuses on the experience of the Baltics in the creation of theatrical texts, but it also provides a wider insight into the changing processes of world drama and theatre. Three sections of the volume provide numerous examples of the functionality of traditional texts in today’s theatre, as well as introducing the reader to new names in contemporary drama and the different models of practice in theatre companies. This book, with its rich collection of material and detailed analysis of different methods and experiences of contemporary theatre, is recommended for both theatre and drama theoreticians and practitioners.

Author : Guna Zeltiņa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:844033739

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Text in Contemporary Theatre by Guna Zeltiņa Pdf

Author : D. Radosavljevic,Duška Radosavljevi?
Publisher : Springer
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137367884

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Theatre-Making by D. Radosavljevic,Duška Radosavljevi? Pdf

Theatre-Making explores modes of authorship in contemporary theatre seeking to transcend the heritage of binaries from the Twentieth century such as text-based vs. devised theatre, East vs. West, theatre vs. performance - with reference to genealogies though which these categories have been constructed in the English-speaking world.

Author : A. Sidiropoulou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137001788

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Authoring Performance by A. Sidiropoulou Pdf

A historical, theoretical, and comparative study of the emergence of the director-as-author phenomenon, posing questions of authorship and redefining the relationship between 'playwright' and the director-playwright.

Author : Patrice Pavis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317521136

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The Routledge Dictionary of Performance and Contemporary Theatre by Patrice Pavis Pdf

The Routledge Dictionary of Contemporary Theatre and Performance provides the first authoritative alphabetical guide to the theatre and performance of the last 30 years. Conceived and written by one of the foremost scholars and critics of theatre in the world, it literally takes us from Activism to Zapping, analysing everything along the way from Body Art and the Flashmob to Multimedia and the Postdramatic. What we think of as 'performance' and 'drama' has undergone a transformation in recent decades. Similarly how these terms are defined, used and critiqued has also changed, thanks to interventions from a panoply of theorists from Derrida to Ranciere. Patrice Pavis's Dictionary provides an indispensible roadmap for this complex and fascinating terrain; a volume no theatre bookshelf can afford to be without.

Author : Marsh Cassady
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0916260836

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The Theatre and You by Marsh Cassady Pdf

Getting acquainted with acting, directing, design and a history of the theatre.

Author : Fernando de Toro,Mario Vald's
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0802075894

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Theatre Semiotics by Fernando de Toro,Mario Vald's Pdf

Theatre Semiotics provides a thorough argument for the place and the necessity of semiotics within the interpretive process of theatre.

Author : Mateusz Borowski,Malgorzata Sugiera
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443821797

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Worlds in Words by Mateusz Borowski,Malgorzata Sugiera Pdf

The collection of essays Worlds in Words: Storytelling in Contemporary Theatre takes up the currently widely debated issue of the revival of various techniques of storytelling in contemporary theatre practice and playwriting. This topic is set in a larger context of the crisis of traditional theatrical and dramatic representation in the 20th century and sets the discussion of new storytelling techniques within the framework of cultural and post-colonial studies, as well as the recent theories of performativity. These new performative modes of theatre practice in the recent decades have exerted a strong impact on the mainstream staging techniques as well as on the form and use of texts written for the theatre today. By focusing on the basic relationship between the text, the stage and the audience, the papers collected in this volume trace these fundamental changes taking place nowadays, which testify to the major shifts in the understanding of the very concept of theatre, its place among other arts and media, as well as in culture, especially in the marginalized cultures and diasporas. The authors of the papers collected here undertake a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of storytelling and adopt an interdisciplinary approach which will makes it possible to give account of the diverse cultural and socio-political grounding of the contemporary theatrical and dramatic techniques.

Author : Jennifer Buckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Experimental theater
ISBN : 9780472074259

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Beyond Text by Jennifer Buckley Pdf

Illuminates the historical and aesthetic relationship of print to avant-garde performance

Author : Frances Babbage
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781472534163

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Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre by Frances Babbage Pdf

Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind or another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of literary texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance and live art. In Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre, Frances Babbage offers a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making, focusing on meditations of prose literature within contemporary performance. Individual chapters explore the significance and impact of books as physical objects within productions; the relationship between the dramatic adaptation and literary edition; storytelling on the page and in performance; literary space and theatrical space; and prose fiction reframed as 'found text' in contemporary theatre and live art. Case studies are drawn from internationally acclaimed companies including Complicite, Elevator Repair Service, Kneehigh, Forced Entertainment, Gob Squad, Teatro Kismet and Stan's Cafe. Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre is a compelling and provocative resource for anyone interested in the potential and the challenges of using prose literature as material for new theatrical performance.

Author : Catherine Love
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000839784

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Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre by Catherine Love Pdf

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre interrogates the paradoxical nature of theatre texts, which have been understood both as separate literary objects in their own right and as material for performance. Drawing on analysis of contemporary practitioners who are working creatively with text, the book re-examines the relationship between text and performance within the specific context of British theatre. The chapters discuss a wide range of theatre-makers creating work in the UK from the 1990s onwards, from playwrights like Tim Crouch and Jasmine Lee-Jones to companies including Action Hero and RashDash. In doing so, the book addresses issues such as theatrical authorship, artistic intention, and the apparent incompleteness of plays as both written and performed phenomena. Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre also explores the implications of changing technologies of page and stage, analysing the impact of recent developments in theatre-making, editing, and publishing on the status of the theatre text. Written for scholars, students, and practitioners alike, Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre provides an original perspective on one of the most enduring problems to occupy theatre practice and scholarship.

Author : Julie Stone Peters
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0199262160

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Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880 by Julie Stone Peters Pdf

This volume explores the impact of printing on the European theatre in the period 1480-1880 and shows that the printing press played a major part in the birth of modern theatre.

Author : Hans-Thies Lehmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134496822

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Postdramatic Theatre by Hans-Thies Lehmann Pdf

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre. In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, as an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies, and as an historical shift from a text-based culture to a new media age of image and sound. Engaging with theoreticians of 'drama' from Aristotle and Brecht, to Barthes and Schechner, the book analyzes the work of recent experimental theatre practitioners such as Robert Wilson, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Müller, the Wooster Group, Needcompany and Societas Raffaello Sanzio. Illustrated by a wealth of practical examples, and with an introduction by Karen Jürs-Munby providing useful theoretical and artistic contexts for the book, Postdramatic Theatre is an historical survey expertly combined with a unique theoretical approach which guides the reader through this new theatre landscape.

Author : William C. Boles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350215863

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Theater in a Post-Truth World by William C. Boles Pdf

This is the first book to examine how the concept and disagreements around post-truth have been explored in the world of theater and performance. It covers a wide spectrum of manifestations and expressions-from the plays of Caryl Churchill, Anne Washburn, and David Henry Hwang, to the inherent theatricality of press conferences, FBI interviews and protests that embrace the confusion created by post-truth rhetoric to muddy issues and deflect blame, to theatrical performance, where the nature of truth is challenged through staged visuals which run counter to what the audience hears, provoking a debate about where the truth actually lies. With contributions by scholars from around the world, Theater in a Post-Truth World considers a wide array of examples from American and British drama and politics, Australian theater, and the work of performance artist Marina Abramovic. Together these provide a glimpse into how the theater in its many forms provides a venue to raise awareness and encourage critical thinking about the contemporary ubiquity of post-truth.

Author : Michael Vanden Heuvel
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0472082485

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Performing Drama/dramatizing Performance by Michael Vanden Heuvel Pdf

Examines how the intertwining paths of avant-garde theater and mainstream drama work to produce provocative new forms