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Theatricality

Tracy C Davis editor Thomas Postlewait editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Feb '04

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This collection of specially-commissioned, accessible, essays explores that element of performance theory known as theatricality. Six case studies, each written by a specialist in the field, use historically specific circumstances to illustrate how and why the concept of theatricality was and is used. Topics discussed include early use of the term; employment of 'theatricality' by a number of other disciplines to describe events; non-Western interpretation of theatricality; and its use when discussing and analyzing political and cultural events and philosophies. The book provides a first-step guide for those discovering the complex yet rewarding world of performance theory.

'… 'unified' yet multidimensional perspective on an ever-expanding subject …'. Journal of Theatre Research International
'This new collection of essays, part of the Theatre and Performance Theory series, is a stimulating, erudite, and important volume in the emerging field of theatricality. … This collection is smart, timely, and, thanks to the sophistication of the contributions, will inform wider debates about historiography, theory, and performance practice as well as setting out important questions and agendas in the field of theatricality.' New Theatre Quarterly

ISBN: 9780521012072

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 15mm

Weight: 330g

256 pages