"By applying aspects of cognitive psychology to a study of three key tragic props, this book examines the importance of visual imagery in ancient Greek tragedy. The shield, the urn and the mask are props which serve as controls for investigating the connection between visual ima…
The urgent debate about torture in public discourse of the twenty-first century thrusts pain into the foreground while research in neuroscience is transforming our understanding of this fundamental human experience. In late-medieval France, a country devastated by the Black Deat…
"This new edition includes more detailed explanation of key ideas, new question sections at the end of each chapter to help the reader approach performances from specific theoretical perspectives, and an annotated further reading section and glossary." "Theory/Theatre is invalua…
"This new edition includes more detailed explanation of key ideas, new question sections at the end of each chapter to help the reader approach performances from specific theoretical perspectives, and an annotated further reading section and glossary." "Theory/Theatre is invalua…
Introduction -- Explorations and experiments in theory and practice. Metaphor and metonymy: the translator-practitioner's visibility / David Johnston -- The translator as metteur en scène, with reference to Les aveugles [The blind] by Maurice Maeterlinck / Carole-Anne Upton -- M…
Persuasive and illuminating, 'A Theory of Adaptation' is a bold rethinking of how adaptation works across all media and genres that may put an end to the age-old question of whether the book was better than the movie, or the opera, or the theme park.
Theatre in Health and Care examines theatre practice that takes place within a range of health and care settings, from medical training to advocacy projects for service users. Drawing on a range of case studies, the book provides insights into working practices as well as posing…
"One of the first Western studies of Indian theater to link the aesthetics and the politics of that theater, Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance combines in-depth archival research with close readings of dramatic texts performed at critical moments in history. Each chapter ampl…
Explores the relationship between nationalism, colonialism, and the politics of theater in colonial and postcolonial India.
"All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book presents a new history of the beginnings of the modern world of London entertainment. Putting female-centred, gender-challenging managements and styles at the centre, it redraws the map of performance history in …
The latest collection of Barker's philosophical musings on theatre, this volume includes speculations, deductions, prose poems & poetic apercus, which cast a unique light on the nature of tragedy, eroticism, love & theatre.
Einführung in das antike Theaterwesen
