Theatre Performance and Technology: The Development of Scenography in the Twentieth Century (Theatre and Performance Practices)

Christopher Baugh

ISBN 10: 1403916977 / ISBN 13: 9781403916976

Editore: Palgrave USA, United States, Gordonsville, 2005

Throughout history, all great theatre cultures have used technology as an important part of performance: as a means to shift and change scenic appearance, and as visual rhetoric, spectacle and show. Revolutionary scientific thinking in the twentieth century, alongside the technology to use electric light in performance, served to underpin the ideas of Appia, Craig, Meyerhold, Terence Gray, Caspar Neher and Josef Svoboda. Distinctive though their ideas remain, they were unified in their firm belief that new forms of performance would only be achievable through a detailed and close study of artistic resources and technologies. Their practices and understandings have served both to significantly expand and to create distinctive new connections and possibilities between technology, scenography and performance. In this stimulating survey, Christopher Baugh explores the ways in which development and change in technology have been reflected in scenography, and considers how change in scenographic identity has impacted upon the place and meaning of performance. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR002979274

Riassunto:

Technology has always been an important part of theater, both as a means to an end and as end in itself. Throughout the twentieth century a unifying attitude in all art forms is the desire to examine the materials and the tools of making art. In the theatre this approach significantly expands the relationships between technology, scenography and performance. This book explores ways in which development and change in technology have been reflected in scenography, and considers how change in scenographic identity has impacted upon the place and meaning of performance.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Christopher Baugh is Professor of Drama at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

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Titolo: Theatre Performance and Technology: The ...
Casa editrice: Palgrave USA, United States, Gordonsville
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good