Theatre and Museums

Informationen zum Autor SUSAN BENNETT is University Professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the editor of Feminist Theatre & Performance and the author of Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception (now in its second edition) and Performing Nostalgia: Shifting Shakespeare and the Contemporary Past. Klappentext Bennett explores the relationship between theatre and museums, looking particularly at the collaborative processes that intertwine these two cultural practices. She argues that discourses of performance studies can open up new avenues of inquiry about the production and reception of the museum experience and its place in contemporary culture. Zusammenfassung Bennett explores the relationship between theatre and museums, looking particularly at the collaborative processes that intertwine these two cultural practices. She argues that discourses of performance studies can open up new avenues of inquiry about the production and reception of the museum experience and its place in contemporary culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface Introduction From Display to Experience Re-performance Theatre in the Museum: Collection as Performance The Experiential Museum Performance as Collection: Repertoire in the Museum Conclusion: Re-performance Matters Further Reading Works Cited Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Bennett, Susan Bennett, Susan (University of Calgary Department of English Bennett, J. Jenkins
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780230580206
• ISBN: 978-0-230-58020-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Theatre And; Theatre And
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Theater—History, Theatre History