The theatrical event [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics of performance and perception / / Willmar Sauter

• Autore: Sauter Willmar <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 792; 792/.094
• Soggetto topico: Theater - Europe - History - 20th century; Theater - Political aspects - Europe - History - 20th century; European drama - 20th century - History and criticism; Theater audiences - Europe - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The theatrical event
• ISBN: 1-58729-340-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456136703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in theatre history and culture.