Railway travel in modern theatre : transforming the space and time of the stage / Kyle Gillette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillette, Kyle, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Drama.

Space and time in literature.

Railroads in literature.

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.

Theaters.

Physical Description:

x, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"Early in the 20th century, breakthroughs explored the mechanical rhythms and perceptual effects of railway travel to investigate history, technology, and motion. By analyzing theatrical representations of railway travel, this book argues that modern theatre's perceptual, historical and social productions of space and time were stretched by theatre's attempts to stage the locomotive"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Theatre and locomotion

Upholstered realism and the great futurist railroad

The upholstered realism of Henrik Ibsen

F.T. Marinetti's "Great futurist railroad"

Loco motion : railway perception, relativity and the stage

Stanisław Witkiewicz's The crazy locomotive

Staging relativity : Robert Wilson's Einstein on the beach

History, the railroad and political theatre

The locomotive technology of epic theatre : Erwin Piscator's Adventures of the good soldier Schwejk

Locomotion after Auschwitz : Armand Gatti's Seven possibilities for train 713 departing from Auschwitz

Locomotive social space on the American stage

The American train of thought : Thornton Wilder's Pullman car Hiawatha

In the flying underbelly of the city : Amiri Baraka's Dutchman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786477760

0786477768

OCLC:

869265517