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Electra USA
E. Teresa Choate
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Description for Electra USA
hardcover. Series: Electra USA. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Theatrical performance is the most ephemeral of arts. Once a production closes, the living work of art disappears. Fortunately, some productions leave behind enough evidence to reconstruct in words and pictures what a performance was like and to conjecture what the audience saw and heard. Between 1889 and 1995 in America, productions of Sophocles' Electra became the project of some of the most significant directors, actresses, and producers of their day. In reconstructing eleven major productions, this book seeks to accomplish two goals: first, to preserve, albeit in imperfect written form, the productions themselves; and, second, by tracing the history ... Read more
Theatrical performance is the most ephemeral of arts. Once a production closes, the living work of art disappears. Fortunately, some productions leave behind enough evidence to reconstruct in words and pictures what a performance was like and to conjecture what the audience saw and heard. Between 1889 and 1995 in America, productions of Sophocles' Electra became the project of some of the most significant directors, actresses, and producers of their day. In reconstructing eleven major productions, this book seeks to accomplish two goals: first, to preserve, albeit in imperfect written form, the productions themselves; and, second, by tracing the history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Electra USA
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474169
SKU
V9781611474169
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99-15
About E. Teresa Choate
E. Theresa Choate is associate professor and assistant chair at the Department of Theater in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Kean University.
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