Description
Product ID: | 9780230210288 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Theatre And |
Title: | Theatre and Audience |
Authors: | Author: Helen Freshwater, Lois Weaver |
Page Count: | 80 |
Subjects: | Theatre studies, Theatre studies |
Description: | Select Guide Rating What does theatre do for - and to - those who witness, watch, and participate in it? What does theatre do for – and to – those who witness, watch, and participate in it? Theatre& Audience provides a provocative overview of the questions raised by theatrical encounters between performers and audiences. Focusing on European and North American theatre and its audiences in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it explores belief in theatre''s potential to influence, impact and transform. Illustrated by examples of performance which have sought to generate active audience involvement – from Brecht''s epic theatre to the Blue Man Group – it seeks to unsettle any simple equation between audience participation and empowerment. Foreword by Lois Weaver |
Imprint Name: | Methuen Drama |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-06-02 |