The theatrical event : dynamics of performance and perception / Willmar Sauter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sauter, Willmar, 1947-

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture.

Studies in theatre history & culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Europe--History--20th century.

Theater.

Theater--Political aspects--Europe--History--20th century.

European drama--20th century--History and criticism.

European drama.

Theater audiences--Europe--History--20th century.

Theater audiences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Theatrical Event discusses the objectives of theatre studies by focusing on the communicative encounter between performer and spectator-the theatrical event. A theatrical event includes the presentation of a performance and the attention of an audience; in this sense, every performance-on stage or in the street, historical or contemporary-that is watched by an audience is a theatrical event. The concept underlines the "eventness" of all encounters between performers and spectators.In the first part of the book, Willmar Sauter presents various models

Contents:

Acknowledgments; New Beginnings; 1 Approaching the Theatrical Event The Influence of Semiotics and Hermeneutics on European Theatre Studies; 2 Theatre or Performance or Untitled Event? Some Comments on the Conceptualization of the Object of Our Studies; 3 Reacting to Actions Concepts of Theatricality; 4 Theatrical Events Revisited Playing Culture and the Historiography of Early Nordic Theatre; 5 Culture as Human Encounter Theatrical Communication as Model of Cultural Events; 6 Sarah Bernhardt in Phenomenological Perspective To Study a Living Legend

7 Mistero Buffo, 1999 Dario Fo's Intercultural Transfer to Sweden 8 Reflections on Miss Julie, 1992 Sensualism and Memory; 9 Museum-Stage The Frames Move into the Exhibition Hall; 10 Theatre Talks How to Find Out What the Spectator Thinks; 11 Fiction, Mainly Fiction Some Surveys on the Theatrical Experience of Young Audiences; 12 Strindberg's Words versus the Actor's Actions The Success of the Actresses at the Intimate Theatre in Stockholm (1907-1910); 13 How Long Is a Jewish Nose on Stage? Ethnicity and Nationality in the 1930's

14 Text, Performance, Event, 1611 A Historical Play by a Catholic Protestant 15 Beyond the Director's Images Reviews and Views of Robert Lepage's Production of ""A Dream Play"" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre; To Be Continued; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.

ISBN:

9781587293405

1587293404

OCLC:

50321118