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Description for Upstaged
Paperback. What do stage actors, directors, playwrights, critics and other theatre professionals think about theatre in the age dominated by movies and television? Exploring subjects ranging from continuity to point of view, Shakespeare to love scenes, and many other topics, these interviews examine how theatre people make theatre work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
How can theatre thrive in a culture dominated by film and television? Interviews with stage actors, playwrights, theatre directors and others, including Julie Taymor, Tony Kushner, Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Hall, Wallace Shawn, Frank Rich, Simon Callow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Leveaux, Adrian Lester, Nicholas Hytner, Paul Scofield and Robert Brustein. Ever since the introduction of the talkies in the '20s and television in the '50s, live theatre has struggled for its place in a culture increasingly dominated by the screen. How does that dominance affect individual theatre artists and theatrical movements? How does ... Read more
How can theatre thrive in a culture dominated by film and television? Interviews with stage actors, playwrights, theatre directors and others, including Julie Taymor, Tony Kushner, Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Hall, Wallace Shawn, Frank Rich, Simon Callow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Leveaux, Adrian Lester, Nicholas Hytner, Paul Scofield and Robert Brustein. Ever since the introduction of the talkies in the '20s and television in the '50s, live theatre has struggled for its place in a culture increasingly dominated by the screen. How does that dominance affect individual theatre artists and theatrical movements? How does ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780878301867
SKU
V9780878301867
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Ref
99-1
About Anne Nicholson Weber
Anne Nicholson Weber was trained in law and is married to a Chicago playwright. This is her first book on theatre.
Reviews for Upstaged
"Upstaged offers readers informal and acessible dialogues on issues of utmost consequence to performance studies. ...Weber's impressive collection of interviews offers a valuable look into theatre's current trajectories as artists seek ways to have the theatre be, as Julie Taymor says, 'the sensation of life being breathed into an object by the addition of human imagination.'"
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