Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception

ISBN-13: 9780415157223 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 264 str.

Susan Bennett

Opis

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes:
- a new preface by the author
- a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre
- a revised up-to-date bibliography.
Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories of Reading and Viewing; Chapter 3 The Audience and Theatre; Chapter 4 Spectatorship Across Culture; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

O autorze

Susan Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is author of Performing Nostalgia (Routledge 1995).