Modern theories of performance : from Stanislavski to Boal /

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Author / Creator:Milling, Jane, 1967-
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Description:viii, 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4395285
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Other authors / contributors:Ley, Graham.
ISBN:0333775414
0333775422 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.
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Summary:The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance. This study offers a critical exploration of the theoretical writings of key modern practitioners from Stanlislavski to Boal. Designed to be read alongside primary source material, each chapter offers not only a summary and exposition of these theories, but a critical commentary on their composition as discourses. Close scrutiny of the cultural context and figurative language of these important, and sometimes difficult, texts yields fresh insight into the ideas of these practitioners.
Physical Description:viii, 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.
ISBN:0333775414
0333775422 (pbk.)