Overview

Theatre: Collaborative Actsstimulates creative thinking and discussions of artistic, social, and ethical questions through its interwoven themes of theatre as culture, collaboration, spatial art, and a fusion of the past and present. The central premise of Theatre: Collaborative Acts is that theatre is entertainment and art.  It allows us to escape, relax, and refocus.  Through their study of theatre, readers develop lifelong tools to help them enjoy, analyze, understand, read, visualize, and get the most out of many different types of theatre experiences.  This Third Edition continues to emphasize the diversity of purpose and effect of theatre, and the collaborative nature of the theatrical process. 

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Author:   Ronald J. Wainscott ,  Kathy J. Fletcher
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9780205625697

ISBN 10:   020562569
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   12 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205118021
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Theatre and Its Audience 1. Cultural Collaboration: Theatre and Society Theatre as Entertainment and Art Exploring Cultural and Historical Perspectives: The Lure of Safe Conduct and Invisible Rabbits The Social Functions of Theatre Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Theatre of War Exploring Artists of the Theatre: National Theatre of the Deaf Social Control of Theatre Exploring Collaboration: Citizen Play Juries Theatrical Choice in North America Cultural Context and Personal Experience 2. Experiencing Theatre: Collaboration of Actor, Audience, and Space The Audience Exploring Collaboration: Spatial Collaboration: Commune and Pinocchio Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Brecht versus Wagner The Nature of Acting Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Hypokrites to Actor Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Makeup as Mask: Kathakali From Play to Production Space Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Drottningholm Court Theatre Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Stratford Festival Theatre Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Performing Garage Theatre and Transformation 3. Analyzing Theatre: Thinking and Writing about Live Performance Theatre, Film, and Television Analyzing Production Thinking about Actor Performances Thinking about Space and Design Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Effect of Audience Space on Angels in America Understanding Style Evaluating Production The Role of the Critic Writing about Production Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Theatre or Theater? It Is More Than a Building When It All Works 4. Understanding the Play: A Theatrical Blueprint Plot Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Deus ex Machina Character Thought Language Exploring Collaboration: Improvised Text Music Spectacle 5. Interpreting the Play: Understanding Genre, Reading, and Writing Dramatic Genre Reading a Play Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Exit, Pursued by a Bear : Those Problematic Stage Directions Writing about a Play Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Juliet Was a Guy in Drag? Changing Theatrical Conventions Photo Gallery: Theatrical Diversity II. COLLABORATION IN ART AND PRACTICE 6. The Director: Vision and Leadership Has Someone Always Been in Charge? Interpretation Developing Concept Artists of the Theatre: Peter Brook Communicating and Managing the Artistic Vision Collaborating with the Playwright Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Who Owns the Work? Directors and Absent Playwrights Collaborating with Designers Collaborating with Actors Exploring Collaboration: Metamorphoses Artists of the Theatre: George C. Wolfe Collaborating with the Stage Manager The Rehearsal Process Opening the Production 7. The Actor: From Mask to Contemporary Performance Development of the Actor Artists of the Theatre: Bernadette Peters Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Contemporary Cross-Dressing Acting Styles and Methods Artists of the Theatre: James Earl Jones The Actor's Work Exploring Collaboration: Actors as Collaborators 8. The Playwright: Imagination and Expression The Changing Position of the Playwright Artists of the Theatre: Suzan-Lori Parks The Playwright and Production Exploring Collaboration: The Sondheim/Lapine Collaboration Artists of the Theatre: Michael Frayn Development of New Plays Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville Exploring Collaboration: The Rent Controversy 9. The Designer: Materializing Conception and the World of the Play The Development of the Designer Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Development of the Revolve The Designers' Choices Artists of the Theatre: Ming Cho Lee The Scenic Designer's Work Exploring Collaboration: Robert Edmund Jones with Arthur Hopkins The Lighting Designer's Work Artists of the Theatre: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer The Costumer Designer's Work Artists of the Theatre: William Ivey Long The Sound Designer's Work Integrating All the Designs 10. The Producer: Coordination, Promotion, Economics Early Producers The Role of the Producer Artists of the Theatre: Harold Prince The Economics of Theatre Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Stagehands Union 2007 Strike Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Federal Theatre Project Photo Gallery: Interpreting Space and Design III. COLLABORATION IN HISTORY 11. Foundations: Classical Theatrical Forms Classical Greece Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Rediscovering Menander Classical Rome Medieval Europe Exploring Collaboration: The Community, the Church, and the Feast of Corpus Christi Classical India Classical China Classical Japan Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Kabuki Cross-Dressing: The Onnagata 12. Reinterpretations: Europe Rediscovers the Western Classics The Italian Renaissance Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Renaissance Court Entertainment Elizabethan England Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Rediscovery of the Rose and Globe Theatres The Spanish Golden Age Seventeenth-Century France Restoration England Eighteenth-Century Europe and the Americas Exploring Collaboration: The Hallam Company in the American Colonies: A Family Affair 13. Revolutions: Romanticism to Postmodern Experiment Romanticism Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Audience Has Its Say: Theatre Riots and Demonstrations Nineteenth-Century Melodrama Exploring Historical and Cultural Perspectives: Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers in Britain and the United States Nineteenth-Century Realism and Naturalism The Avant-Garde from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1960s Exploring Collaboration: Founding an Alternative Theatre: The Provincetown Players Modern and Contemporary Popular Theatre The Recent Avant-Garde and Postmodern Experiment Key Theatrical Events Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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