Why the Theatre

In Personal Essays, College Teachers, Actors, Directors, and Playwrights Tell Why the Theatre Is So Vital to Them

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Sidney Homan, USA) Homan, Sidney (University of Florida

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Why the Theatre is a collection of 26 personal essays by college teachers, actors, directors, and playwrights about the magnetic pull of the theatre and its changing place in society.The book is divided into four parts, examining the creative role of the audience, the life of the actor, director, and playwright in performance, ways the theatre moves beyond the playhouse and into the real world, and theories and thoughts on what the theatre can do when given form onstage. Based on concrete, highly personal examples, experiences, and memories, this collection offers unique perspectives on the meaning of the theatre and the beauty of weaving the world of the play into the fabric of our lives.Covering a range of practices and plays, from the Greeks to Japanese Butoh theatre, from Shakespeare to modern experiments, this book is written by and for the theatre instructor and theatre appreciation student.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-12-14
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor210
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367861957

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Introduction: Why? Sidney HomanPart 1: The Creative Role of the Audience 1. Vouchsafe Me Audience Nick Hutchison 2. Training the Eye S. P. Cerasano 3. Undeveloped Freight: Listening Together in the Playhouse Robert Price 4. A Shakespeare Professor Becomes a Playgoer Alan C. Dessen 5. Acting the Storm: Twenty Years of Tempests June Schlueter 6. From Theatre to Classroom: Making Teaching Effective Fred Kiefer Part II: The Life of the Actor, Director, and Playwright in Performance 7. Why the Theatre? Breaking of the Fourth Wall Gary Lagden 8. Play, Devising, and the Creative Process Brian Rhinehart 9. I Am Thrilled by an Impure Theatre Sidney Homan 10. In the Nick: Theatre in and of Our Times Jerry Harp 11. "The Play" May Not Be "The Thing"—But Something IsErica Terpening-Romeo 12. Why Butoh Theatre: Thoughts of the Actor, Questions From the Director Yokko ( Yoshiko Sienkiewicz ) and Brian Rhinehart13. Amateur Hour, or Notes From a Hack Playwright Paul Menzer Part III: When the Theatre Moves Beyond the Stage Into the Real World 14. Theatre for Health Joanna Howarth 15. Why Make Theatre in the South Pacific? A Personal View of Theatre in Aotearoa/New Zealand David O’Donnell 16. Empathy Is Essential Kristin Kundert 17. The Art of Failure Katherine McGerr 18. Why Teach Theatre? Gina MacKenzie 19. Making Theatre Around the World, and What It Has Taught Me Avra Sidiroupoulou Part IV: Theories and Thoughts About What the Theatre Can Do When Given Form Onstage 20. The Cruelty Tourist and the Emancipated Spectator: Looking for an Essential Theatre Ralf Remshardt 21. Theatre and the Digital Native Donna Soto-Morettini 22. Remembering Dreams Fran Teague 23. Theatrical Pleasure and Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel Joseph Candido 24. Yeat's "Lapis Lazuli" as Theatrum Mundi Daniel T. O’Hara 25. Why (Not) Theatre? Stage, Screen, and Streaming in a Pandemic Patrick Hart 26. Because Cary M. Mazer Epilogue: "Yeh, Boss"Sidney Homan