Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
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Page : 506 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
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Author :
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Page : 506 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
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Author : Bernard Frank Dukore
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780030911521
Author : Susan Bennett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1474246451
Sound provides a lively and engaging overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies. Addressing sound across history and through progressive developments in relevant technologies, the volume opens up the study of theatrical production and live performance to understand conceptual and pragmatic concerns about the sonic. By way of developed case studies (including Aristophanes's The Frogs, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Cocteau's The Human Voice, and Rimini Protokoll's Situation Rooms), readers can explore new methodologies and approaches for their own work on sound as a performance component. In an engagement with the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of sound studies, this book samples exciting new thinking relevant to theatre and performance studies. Part of the Theory for Theatre Studies series which introduces core theoretical concepts that underpin the discipline, Sound provides a balance of essential background information and new scholarship, and is grounded in detailed examples that illuminate and equip readers for their own sonic explorations. Volumes follow a consistent three-part structure: a historical overview of how the term has been understood within the discipline; more recent developments illustrated by substantive case studies; and emergent trends and interdisciplinary connections. Volumes are supported by further online resources including chapter overviews, illustrative material and guiding questions. Online resources to accompany this book are available at: https://bloomsbury.com/uk/theory-for-theatre-studies-sound-9781474246460/
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Drama
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Author : Andrew Kimbrough
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 22,80 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Voice (Philosophy)
ISBN : 1621969371
Author : Rosalind Kerr
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 39,61 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 144261949X
The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Tracing the historical progress of actresses from their earliest appearances as sideshow attractions to revered divas, Rosalind Kerr explores the ways in which actresses commodified their sexual and cultural appeal. Newly translated archival material, iconographic evidence, literary texts, and theatrical scripts provide a rich repertoire through which Kerr demonstrates how actresses skillfully improvised roles such as the maidservant, the prima donna, and the transvestite heroine. Following the careers of early stars such as Flaminia of Rome, Vincenza Armani, Vittoria Piissimi, and Isabella Andreini, Kerr shows how their fame arose from the combination of dazzling technical mastery and eloquent powers of persuasion. Seamlessly integrating the Italian and English scholarly literature on the subject, The Rise of the Diva is an insightful analysis of one of the modern world’s first celebrity cultures.
Author : Amy E. Hughes
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0472118625
In the nineteenth century, long before film and television brought us explosions, car chases, and narrow escapes, it was America's theaters that thrilled audiences, with “sensation scenes” of speeding trains, burning buildings, and endangered bodies, often in melodramas extolling the virtues of temperance, abolition, and women's suffrage. Amy E. Hughes scrutinizes these peculiar intersections of spectacle and reform, revealing the crucial role that spectacle has played in American activism and how it has remained central to the dramaturgy of reform. Hughes traces the cultural history of three famous sensation scenes—the drunkard with the delirium tremens, the fugitive slave escaping over a river, and the victim tied to the railroad tracks—assessing how these scenes conveyed, allayed, and denied concerns about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. These images also appeared in printed propaganda, suggesting that the coup de théâtre was an essential part of American reform culture. Additionally, Hughes argues that today’s producers and advertisers continue to exploit the affective dynamism of spectacle, reaching an even broader audience through film, television, and the Internet. To be attuned to the dynamics of spectacle, Hughes argues, is to understand how we see. Her book will interest not only theater historians, but also scholars and students of political, literary, and visual culture who are curious about how U.S. citizens saw themselves and their world during a pivotal period in American history.
Author : Laura Wade
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Death
ISBN : 9780822221210
Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying, but in the meantime, life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed, and the perfect funeral to be planned. As a mother researches burial spots and biodegradable coffins, her family is finally forced to communicate with her and each other as they face up to the future. A dark comedy about death and life going on.
Author : Susan Hrach
Publisher : Teaching and Learning in Highe
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2021-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781949199994
What happens to teaching when you consider the whole body (and not just "brains on sticks")?
Author : Lisa A. Freeman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0812248732
In an exploration of antitheatrical incidents from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, Lisa A. Freeman demonstrates that at the heart of antitheatrical disputes lies a struggle over the character of the body politic that governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to represent that nation.