Real Theatre - Essays in Experience

Draws on musicals, plays and experimental performances to show what theatre is made of and how we experience it.

List of contents

Introduction: the reality of theatre; Part I: 1. Realtheatrick: material theatres and ordinary magic; 2. That's entertainment: theatre and experience; Part II: 3. Theatre talk: the poetics of theatre at a distance; 4. Peak performance and the construction of theatrical truths; 5. Infratheatre: what theatre is when it's not quite theatre; 6. The theatre assembled: technical theatre in performance; 7. Theatre people: the actor and the unaccommodated man; Conclusion: real theatre studies?

About the author

Paul Rae is Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Theatre and Human Rights (2009). He has published widely on contemporary theatre and on Asia-Pacific performance cultures, and from 2015–18 was Senior Editor of the journal Theatre Research International.

Summary

From forgetting lines to watching Phantom of the Opera, this book uses a range of musicals, plays and experimental performances to show what theatre is made of and how we experience it. Its broad scope will appeal to theatre-goers, while its performance analyses, informed by assemblage theory, will be invaluable for students and theatre scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Rae, Paul (University of Melbourne) Rae, Rae Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107186590
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18659-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Theatre and Performance Theory; Theatre and Performance Theory
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / General, Musicals, Theatre Studies, Literary theory, Performance Art, Film Theory & Criticism, Music of film and stage, Film history, theory or criticism