Authoring performance : the director in contemporary theatre / Avra Sidiropoulou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidiropoulou, Avra, 1972-

Series:

What is theatre?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Production and direction.

Theater.

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Provides a comparative approach to the internationally wide-spread phenomenon of the contemporary director-auteur in the theatre, urging a historical and theoretical exploration of the visions, methods, and stage idioms in the work of established artists. Sidiropoulou examines prominent examples of both older and more recent director-auteur work, aiming at re-asserting - to its artistic and academic audience - the value of balancing the established emphasis on the diegetic aspects of theatre with the ever-spreading varieties of dramatic de-"centering" and "dis-semination." This exciting work also poses questions of authorship, which necessarily imply the redefinition of the relationship between "playwright" and the director-playwright"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Rise of the Modern Auteur

Enter Artaud

Beckett's Turbulence

Auteur On the Road

The Means As an End

Conquering Texts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230120181

0230120180

OCLC:

714725114