Why the theatre : in personal essays, college teachers, actors, directors, and playwrights tell why the theatre is so vital to them / edited by Sidney Homan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Homan, Sidney, 1938- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Sidney Homan is Professor of English at the University of Florida and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars. An actor and director in professional and university theatres, he is the author or editor of 18 books on Shakespeare and the modern playwrights.

Contents:

Part I The Creative Role of the Audience p. 9

1 Vouchsafe Me Audience p. 11 / Nick Hutchison

2 Training the Eye p. 17 / S. P. Cerasano

3 Undeveloped Freight: Listening Together in the Playhouse p. 24 / Robert Price

4 A Shakespeare Professor Becomes a Playgoer p. 32 / Alan C. Dessen

5 Acting the Storm: Twenty Years of Tempests p. 38 / June Schlueter

6 From Theatre to Classroom: Making Teaching Effective p. 47 / Frederick Kiefer

Part II The Life of the Actor, Director, and Playwright in Performance p. 55

7 Why the Theatre?: The Breaking of the Fourth Wall p. 57 / Gary Lagden

8 Play, Devising, and the Creative Process p. 62 / Brian Rhinehart

9 I Am Thrilled by an Impure Theatre p. 69 / Sidney Homan

10 In the Nick; Theatre in and of Our Times p. 76 / Jerry Harp

11 "The Play" May Not Be "The Thing"-But Something Is p. 82 / Erica Terpening-Romeo

12 Why Butoh Theatre: Thoughts of the Actor, Questions From the Director p. 87 / Yokko (Yoshiko Sienkiewicz) and Brian Rhinehart

13 Amateur Hour, or Notes From a Hack Playwright p. 93 / Paul Menzer

Part III When the Theatre Moves Beyond the Stage Into the Real World p. 99

14 Theatre for Health p. 101 / Joanne Howarth

15 Why Make Theatre in the South Pacific? A Personal View of Theatre in Aotearoa/New Zealand p. 106 / David O'Donnell

16 Empathy Is Essential p. 115 / Kristin Kundert

17 The Art of Failure p. 120 / Katherine McGerr

18 Why Teach Theatre? p. 125 / Gina MacKenzie

19 Making Theatre Around the World, and What It Has Taught Me p. 133 / Avra Sidiropoulou

Part IV Theories and Thoughts About What the Theatre Can Do When Given Form Onstage p. 147

20 The Cruelty Tourist and the Emancipated Spectator: Looking for an Essential Theatre p. 149 / Ralf Remshardt

21 Theatre and the Digital Native p. 158 / Donna Soto-Morettini

22 Remembering Dreams p. 166 / Fran Teague

23 Theatrical Pleasure and Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel p. 171 / Joseph Candido

24 Yeats's "Lapis Lazuli" as Theatrum Mundi p. 178 / Daniel T. O'Hara

25 Why (Not) Theatre? Stage, Screen, and Streaming in a Pandemic p. 184 / Patrick Hart

26 Because p. 190 / Cory M. Mazer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 20, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Why the theatre

ISBN:

9781003017615

1003017614

9781000317817

1000317811

9781000317121

1000317129

9781000316469

1000316467

Publisher Number:

40030309596

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Restricted for use by site license.