Theatre, time and temporality : melting clocks and snapped elastics / David Ian Rabey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabey, David Ian, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

Time in literature.

Theater--History.

Theater.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Theater, time and temporality

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect Books, 2016.

Summary:

Theatre, Time and Temporality is the first book - length study of time and temporality in theatre and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theatre to contemporary performances - in addition to recent writings from physics, philosophy and psychology - to analyse ways that time can be presented, communicated and transformed in the theatre. How do we experience time in theatre, and how can that experience be altered or manipulated? Rabey's analysis and exploration will spark discussion among students and scholars of drama, as well as among practicing performers and dramatic writers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Theatre in time. Whose time is it?

Theatre in time

Interval: A hole in The night

Part II: Time in theatre. Shapes of time

Interlude 1: 'Why don't you all just f-f-fade away'?: further thoughts on staging ageing

Principles of uncertainty

Interlude 2: The clock in the forest: Jerusalem unenclosed: a case history

Time out of joint

Inconclusion: Repent, Harlequin ...

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index.

ISBN:

9781783207213

1783207213

OCLC:

944087266