Devising Performance: A Critical History

ISBN-13: 9781137426765 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 282 str.

Deirdre Heddon; Jane Milling

Opis

What is the history of devised theatre? Why have theatre-makers, since the 1950s, chosen to devise performances? What different sorts of devising practices are there? What are the myths attached to devising, and what are the realities?

Spis treści

General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Devising and Acting 3. Devising and Visual Performance 4. Devising and Political Theatre 5. Devising and Communities 6. Contemporary Devising and Physical Performance 7. Contemporary Devising and Postmodern Performance 8. Conclusions Notes Further Reading Bibliography Index.

O autorze

Deirdre Heddon is Professor of Contemporary Performance at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is the author of Autobiography and Performance (Palgrave, 2008), co-author of Walking, Writing and Performance: Autobiographical Texts (Intellect, 2009) and editor of a number of anthologies, including Histories and Practice of Live Art (Palgrave, 2012). She is also series co-editor for Performing Landscapes (Palgrave). Dee is currently Dean of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities.
 

Jane Milling is Associate Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. She is co-author of Modern Theories of Performance (Palgrave 2001), Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s (Methuen, 2012) and co-editor of a number of volumes including Cambridge History of British Theatre (CUP, 2004). She is series editor, with Graham Ley, of Theatre and Performance Practices (Palgrave). She is currently at work on research projects around amateur drama and understanding cultural participation.