Theatre and film [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Southeastern Theatre Conference (U.S.)

Conference Name:

SETC Theatre Symposium.

Series:

Theatre symposium ; v. 19.

Theatre symposium : a publication of the Southeastern Theatre Conference ; v. 19.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater.

Motion pictures.

Theater--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Tuscaloosa, Alabama] : Southeastern Theatre Conference and the University of Alabama Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite a shared history and many common present practices, the relationship between theatre and film often remains uncertain. Does a close study of film enrich an understanding of drama on the stage? What ongoing connections do theatre and film maintain, and what elements do they borrow from each other? Does the relative popularity and accessibility of film lead to an increased scholarly defensiveness about qualities exclusive to theatrical performances? Do theatre and film demand two different kinds of attention from spectators, or do audiences tend to experience both

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Melodramatic Borrowings: Life, Stage, Screen; Robert Edmond Jones: Theatre and Motion Pictures, Bridging Reality and Dreams; Frank Castorf at the Volksbühne am Rosa Luxembourg Platz: Alienation Techniques and the Use of Mediated Material on the Live Stage; The London Theatre Goes Digital: Divergent Responses to the New Media; Nollywood: Film and Home Video, or the Death of Nigerian Theatre; The Performative Nature of Filmed Reproductions of Live Performance; Play- within- a- Play or Theatre- in- Film? : Ingmar Bergman's 'Through a Glass Darkly'

Montage and Theatricality as Sources of Estrangement: A Tendency in Contemporary Brechtian CinemaTheatre and Film in Evolutionary Perspective; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8173-8591-6

OCLC:

772845410