Ludics in surrealist theatre and beyond / Vassiliki Rapti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rapti, Vassiliki.

Series:

Ashgate Studies in Surrealism

Ashgate studies in surrealism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breton, André, 1896-1966--Influence.

Breton, André.

Theater--History--20th century.

Theater.

Experimental theater.

Surrealism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study reconsiders Surrealist theatre specifically from the perspective of ludics-a poetics of play and games-an ideal approach to the Surrealists, whose games blur the boundaries between the 'playful' and the 'serious.' Beginning with the Surrealists' 'one-into-another' game and its illustration of Breton's ludic dramatic theory, Rapti examines the traces of this kind of game in the works of a wide variety of Surrealist and Post-Surrealist playwrights and stage directors.

Contents:

Introduction: Does surrealist theatre exist?

The surrealist game "one into another" in Nadja and Les Détraquées: reconstructing André Breton's Ludic dramatic theory

Staging "mad love" in the théâtre Alfred Garry: Breton's Ludic dramatic theory in practice

Staging child's play in Roger Vitrac's victor or children in power: between Paidia and Ludus

Playing with language: Antonin Artaud's Paidia and Robert Wilson's Ludus

Mimicry and post-surrealist Ludics in Megan Terry's "Theatre of transformations".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-59308-4

1-317-10308-4

1-4724-1226-5

1-299-18424-3

9781315593081

OCLC:

828494647