Physical Theatres
A Critical Reader
Authors
- John Keefe
- Simon David Murray
- Mike Alfreds
- Aristotle
- Peter J. Arnold
- Eugenio Barba
- Samuel Beckett
- Steven Berkoff
- Augusto Boal
- Bertolt Brecht
- Peter Brook
- Hovey Burgess
- Patrick Campbell
- Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan
- Michael Tschechow
- Emlyn Claid
- Anne Dennis
- Alan S. Downer
- Étienne Decroux
- Terry Eagleton
- Jonathan Kalb
- Alan Kaprow
- Robert Kimball
- Mel Gordon
- Trevor Griffiths
- Albert Hunt
- Edwin Charles Tubb
- Clifford McLucas
- Jacques Lecoq
- Joan Littlewood
- Lanna Marshall
- Marcel Mauss
- Dick McCaw
- Phelim McDermott
- Anaïs Nin
- Jeff Nuttall
- Yoshi Oida
- Enrique Pardo
- Patrice Pavis
- Michael Parker Pearson
- Jonathan Pitches
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Edward Said
- Ana Sanchez-Colberg
- Nicola Savarese
- Robert Serres
- Stephen Sondheim
- Helen Spackman
- David Wiles
- David Williams
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Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning.In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides:six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, tienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.
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Physical Theatres, John Keefe, Simon David Murray, Mike Alfreds, Aristotle, Peter J. Arnold, Eugenio Barba, Samuel Beckett, Steven Berkoff, Augusto Boal, Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Hovey Burgess, Patrick Campbell, Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan, Michael Tschechow, Emlyn Claid, Anne Dennis, Alan S. Downer, Étienne Decroux, Terry Eagleton, Jonathan Kalb, Alan Kaprow, Robert Kimball, Mel Gordon, Trevor Griffiths, Albert Hunt, Edwin Charles Tubb, Clifford McLucas, Jacques Lecoq, Joan Littlewood, Lanna Marshall, Marcel Mauss, Dick McCaw, Phelim McDermott, Anaïs Nin, Jeff Nuttall, Yoshi Oida, Enrique Pardo, Patrice Pavis, Michael Parker Pearson, Jonathan Pitches, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edward Said, Ana Sanchez-Colberg, Nicola Savarese, Robert Serres, Stephen Sondheim, Helen Spackman, David Wiles, David Williams
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- Title
- Physical Theatres
- Subtitle
- A Critical Reader
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Keefe, Simon David Murray, Mike Alfreds, Aristotle, Peter J. Arnold, Eugenio Barba, Samuel Beckett, Steven Berkoff, Augusto Boal, Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Hovey Burgess, Patrick Campbell, Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan, Michael Tschechow, Emlyn Claid, Anne Dennis, Alan S. Downer, Étienne Decroux, Terry Eagleton, Jonathan Kalb, Alan Kaprow, Robert Kimball, Mel Gordon, Trevor Griffiths, Albert Hunt, Edwin Charles Tubb, Clifford McLucas, Jacques Lecoq, Joan Littlewood, Lanna Marshall, Marcel Mauss, Dick McCaw, Phelim McDermott, Anaïs Nin, Jeff Nuttall, Yoshi Oida, Enrique Pardo, Patrice Pavis, Michael Parker Pearson, Jonathan Pitches, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edward Said, Ana Sanchez-Colberg, Nicola Savarese, Robert Serres, Stephen Sondheim, Helen Spackman, David Wiles, David Williams
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0415362520
- ISBN13
- 9780415362528
- Series
- Tags
- Theater, Action, Collected Works, Performing Arts, Dance
- Description
- Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning.In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides:six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, tienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.