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

"Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of the comedia, Spain's classical theater. While poststructuralism and other theories problematize previous studies, this book argues that an interdisciplinary approach to staging reconstruction produces illuminating conclusions"--

List of contents

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

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"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)

Product details

• Authors: L Vidler, L. Vidler, Laura L. Vidler
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2014
• EAN: 9781137439758
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43975-8
• No. of pages: 187
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History; Palgrave Studies in Theatre an; Palgrave Studies in Theatre an; Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Theater, Theaterwissenschaft, Europäische Geschichte, B, Performing Arts, European History, Theatre, The arts: general issues, Arts, Theatre Studies, Historiography, Geschichte der darstellenden Künste, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Europe—History, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Theatre and Performance Studies, Stage, Kunst: allgemeine Themen