David Wiles

A Short History of Western Performance Space

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Produktbeschreibung

David Wiles considers theatrical activity "happening" in churches, streets, pubs and galleries, as well as in buildings explicitly designed to be "theaters," in this historical account. Surveying performance space usage within the traditions of Western Europe, Wiles traces a diverse set of continuities, from Greece and Rome to the present, including many areas not included in standard accounts of theater history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780521012744
• ISBN-10: 0521012740
• Artikelnr.: 21566088

Autorenporträt

David Wiles is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London. His previous publications have mainly been in the field of Elizabethan and Greek theatre, including Shakespeare's Clown: Actor and Text in the Elizabethan Playhouse (Cambridge, 1987) and Greek Theatre Performance (Cambridge, 2000). This is his seventh book.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
1. Introduction
2. Sacred space
3. Processional space
4. Public space
5. Sympotic space
6. The cosmic circle
7. The cave
8. The empty space
Select bibliography
Index.