Words, space, and the audience : the theatrical tension between empiricism and rationalism /
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| Author / Creator: | Bennett, Michael Y., 1980- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
| Description: | x, 179 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Theater -- Philosophy. Theater audiences -- Psychology. Drama -- History and criticism. Drama. Theater audiences -- Psychology. Theater -- Philosophy. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8865447 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Words, Space, and the Audience
- Victorian Ideals: Wilde Performances in The Importance of Being Earnest and Salome
- After the Great War: Contextualizing the Self in Italy and Six Characters in Search of an Author
- 1952 Paris: Waiting for Godot and The Great Quarrel
- Cold War Tactics: Fear in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Conclusion: The Epistemological Quandary over Improvisation, Impermanence, and Lack of a Script in Performance Art: An Interview with Coco Fusco
