Theatre and Mind

Informationen zum Autor BRUCE MCCONACHIE is Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Klappentext All performance depends upon our abilities to create, perceive, remember, imagine and empathize. This book provides an introduction to the evolutionary and cognitive foundations of theatrical performing and spectating and argues that this scientific perspective challenges some of the major assumptions about what takes place in the theatre. Zusammenfassung All performance depends upon our abilities to create, perceive, remember, imagine and empathize. This book provides an introduction to the evolutionary and cognitive foundations of theatrical performing and spectating and argues that this scientific perspective challenges some of the major assumptions about what takes place in the theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface Introduction Playing Acting Spectating Further Reading Index.

Product details

• Authors: McConachie, B. Mcconachie, Bruce McConachie, Bruce (Professor McConachie, Bruce A. McConachie
• Assisted by: Natalie Alvarez (Editor), Margherita Laera (Editor)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780230275836
• ISBN: 978-0-230-27583-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 176 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Theatre And; Theatre And
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Theater—History, Theatre History, argue;foundation;performance;theatre