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Hans-Thies Lehmann - Postdramatic Theatre - 9780415268134 - V9780415268134
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Postdramatic Theatre

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Description for Postdramatic Theatre Paperback. Features a study of the theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s. This title considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, as a response to the emergence of new technologies, and as an historical shift from a text-based culture to a new media age of image and sound. Translator(s): Juers-Munby, Karen. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre.

In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, as an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies, and as an historical shift from a text-based culture to a new media age of image and sound.

Engaging with theoreticians of 'drama' from Aristotle and Brecht, to Barthes and Schechner, ... Read more

Illustrated by a wealth of practical examples, and with an introduction by Karen Jürs-Munby providing useful theoretical and artistic contexts for the book, Postdramatic Theatre is an historical survey expertly combined with a unique theoretical approach which guides the reader through this new theatre landscape.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415268134
SKU
V9780415268134
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Hans-Thies Lehmann
Hans-Thies Lehmann is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His numerous publications include Theater und Mythos (1991) on the constitution of the subject in ancient Greek tragedy, Writing the Political (2002) and, with Patrick Primavesi, Heiner Müller Handbuch (2004). Karen Jürs-Munby is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the ... Read more

Reviews for Postdramatic Theatre
'This is a provocative, illuminating and stimulating book that will undoubtedly become as essential a text in English theatre scholarship as it already has in continental Europe.' – Marvin Carlson, Theatre Research International 'This groundbreaking study [is] an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies.' - International Theatre Informations 'This is an important book, already elbowing its ... Read more

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