Screen LibraryLiveness on stage : intermedial challenges in contemporary british theatre and performance /
Theatre is traditionally considered a live medium but its liveness is increasingly challenged by other media. This book explores how theatre performances that incorporate film or video self-reflexively stage their own liveness. Combining theoretical insight with close analysis of productions by lead...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Contemporary drama in english studies;
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
Theatre is traditionally considered a live medium but its liveness is increasingly challenged by other media. This book explores how theatre performances that incorporate film or video self-reflexively stage their own liveness. Combining theoretical insight with close analysis of productions by leading companies of intermedial performance, this monograph appeals to scholars and practitioners of theatre, performance and intermediality. |
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1 online resource (vii, 274 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110346534 |
| Index Number: | PN2595 |
| CLC: | J809.561 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 (Inter )Mediality -- 2 Drama, Theatre and (Inter )Mediality -- 3 Mediation, Mediatisation and Liveness -- 4 Liveness on Stage -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index of Performances -- General Index. |