Actor As Anti-Character: Dionysus, the Devil, and the Boy Rosalind - Rilegato

Soule, Lesley Wade

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ISBN 10: 0313313040 ISBN 13: 9780313313042

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2000

Riassunto

Working from the premise that the stage performer's primary functions derive from celebrative rituals, this book describes the figure of the actor as "anti-character" in premodern popular theatre. Particularly in plays belonging to the popular, performative tradition, the actor simultaneously impersonated and subverted the character of the playtext. By doing so, he affirmed the ritual-celebrative authority of the performer and audience over the ideological authority of the written text. Included are close analyses of three major playtexts in performance: Aristophanes' Frogs, the medieval mystery plays, and Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

LESLEY WADE SOULE is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter, where she teaches directing, acting, theatre history, and the staging of Shakespeare. She has published translations of Slovenian plays, as well as scholarly articles on medieval and Elizabethan drama. She is coeditor of the journal Studies in Theatre and Performance.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0313313040
• ISBN 13: 9780313313042
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 203