New Sites for Shakespeare: Theatre, the Audience, and Asia

Portada
Psychology Press, 1999 - 211 páginas
In the course of exploring the theatrical cultures of South and East Asia, eminent Shakespeareanist John Russell Brown developed some remarkable theories about the nature of performance, the state of Western 'Theatre' today, and the future potential of Shakespeare's plays.
In New Sites for Shakespeare he outlines his passionate belief in the power of theatre to reach mass audiences, based on his experiences of popular Asian performances. It is a personal polemic, but it is also a carefully argued and brilliantly persuasive study of the kind of theatrical experience Shakespeare's own contemporaries enjoyed.
This is a book which cannot be ignored by anyone who cares about the live performing arts today. Separate chapters consider staging, acting, improvisation, ceremonies and ritual, and an analysis of the experience of the audience is paramount throughout.
 

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1
8
4
19
on stage and off stage
29
2
31
action and meaning
43
1
57
3
68
imagination and involvement
71
rehearsing at Sadlers Wells Theatre August 1977
113
actors and stages
121
on King Lear
130
texts and study
139
theatres and design
162
Forward prospect
190
Index
206
113
210

3
78
freedom and collusion
91

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