Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama: Reviving and Revising the Comedia

ISBN-13: 9781137439758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 187 str.

Laura L. Vidler

Opis

Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of Spanish classical theatre. Laura L. Vidler emphasizes the need to take into account

Recenzje

"Vidler's encounter with theory, and her insight into the «dislocation» of inanimate objects on stage in representative ... will likely stimulate further thought amongst scholars and students, and perhaps even interest directors and other theatre practitioners involved in staging -or «reconstructing»- these and other early modern plays for postmodern audiences." (Susan L. Fischer, Anuario Lope de Vega, revistes.uab.cat, Vol. 24, 2018)

"Laura L. Vidler's ... draws so productively on the state of knowledge about early modern English original practices ... . would be a salutary exercise for anyone interested in either original or contemporary performance practices not only in Spain but also in England. ... Early modern theater scholars who have not already worked out the radical potential of our field would do well to consult Vidler's lucid and persuasive vindication. ... is a manifesto for the field as a whole." (Kathryn Prince, Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 33, Winter, 2015)

Spis treści

Introduction: Critical Theory and the Reconstruction of Early Modern Performance 1. Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment 2. The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space 3. (Re)Placing the Corral Body 4. Staging the Object 5. Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies 6. Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance 7. Theory Performance

O autorze

Laura Vidler is Professor of Spanish and Chair of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of South Dakota, USA