Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences. Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes: `nBL a new preface by the author • a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre • a revised up-to-date bibliographyTheatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre.
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Explores the audience's role in traditional and avant-garde theatre, the impact of the spectator upon the performance itself and surveys past approaches to audience behaviour. A second revised edition with a new chapter on intercultural theatre, a revised introduction and a revised bibliography.
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Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories of Reading and Viewing; Chapter 3 The Audience and Theatre; Chapter 4 Spectatorship Across Culture; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415157230
Publisert
1997-09-18
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
264

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Susan Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is author of Performing Nostalgia (Routledge 1995).