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Description
What does theatre do for – and to – those who witness, watch, and participate in it?
Theatre & Audience provides a provocative overview of the questions raised by theatrical encounters between performers and audiences. Focusing on European and North American theatre and its audiences in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it explores belief in theatre's potential to influence, impact and transform. Illustrated by examples of performance which have sought to generate active audience involvement – from Brecht's epic theatre to the Blue Man Group – it seeks to unsettle any simple equation between audience participation and empowerment. Foreword by Lois Weaver.
Table of Contents
Foreword; Lois Weaver
Difficulties of Definition
Models and Frames
Suspicion, Frustration and Contempt
Potent Orthodoxies
Playing with the Audience
Further Reading
Index.
Product details

Published | 02 Jun 2009 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 104 |
ISBN | 9780230210288 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Dimensions | 178 x 111 mm |
Series | Theatre And |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |