The chemistry of the theatre : performativity of time / by Jerzy Limon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Limon, Jerzy, 1950-

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Theater.

Theater--Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Chemistry of the theater

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

Portions of this book are based on some previously published materials, either in Polish or in English.

Contents:

Part I The Chemistry of the Theatre

Reading the Elements and Compounds

The Chemical Formula of Blending

Chemical Reactions , or, Blending the Components

Part II The Chemical Lab

Sculpting the Space, or the Retorts at Play

Sculpting the Time, or the Magical Binder

Sculpting the Language, or Stage Speech

Sculpting the Body, or Embodied Time

Part III Retorts of Time: Temporal Conventions

Soliloquies& Asides: Who's There?

Theatre-within-the-theatre, or Time-Within-the-Time.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230241114

0230241115

OCLC:

649417247