Physical Theatres
A Critical Reader
Authors
- Bertolt Brecht
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Samuel Beckett
- Terry Eagleton
- Peter Brook
- Patrice Pavis
- Nicola Savarese
- Marcel Mauss
- Anaïs Nin
- Michael Tschechow
- Eugenio Barba
- Stephen Sondheim
- Joan Littlewood
- Steven Berkoff
- Augusto Boal
- Edward Said
- Yoshi Oida
- Jacques Lecoq
- Mel Gordon
- Edwin Charles Tubb
- Trevor Griffiths
- Mike Alfreds
- Williams David
- Michael Parker Pearson
- Jeff Nuttall
- Étienne Decroux
- John Keefe
- Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan
- Alan S. Downer
- Robert Kimball
- Albert Hunt
- Aristotle
- Patrick Campbell
- Simon David Murray
- Hovey Burgess
- Peter J. Arnold
- Jonathan Kalb
- Alan Kaprow
- Emlyn Claid
- Clifford McLucas
- Lanna Marshall
- Jonathan Pitches
- Ana Sanchez-Colberg
- Dick McCaw
- Anne Dennis
- Phelim McDermott
- Enrique Pardo
- Helen Spackman
- David Wiles
- Robert Serres
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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, Bertolt Brecht, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Samuel Beckett, Terry Eagleton, Peter Brook, Patrice Pavis, Nicola Savarese, Marcel Mauss, Anaïs Nin, Michael Tschechow, Eugenio Barba, Stephen Sondheim, Joan Littlewood, Steven Berkoff, Augusto Boal, Edward Said, Yoshi Oida, Jacques Lecoq, Mel Gordon, Edwin Charles Tubb, Trevor Griffiths, Mike Alfreds, Williams David, Michael Parker Pearson, Jeff Nuttall, Étienne Decroux, John Keefe, Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan, Alan S. Downer, Robert Kimball, Albert Hunt, Aristotle, Patrick Campbell, Simon David Murray, Hovey Burgess, Peter J. Arnold, Jonathan Kalb, Alan Kaprow, Emlyn Claid, Clifford McLucas, Lanna Marshall, Jonathan Pitches, Ana Sanchez-Colberg, Dick McCaw, Anne Dennis, Phelim McDermott, Enrique Pardo, Helen Spackman, David Wiles, Robert Serres
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- Released
- 2007
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Physical Theatres
- Subtitle
- A Critical Reader
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bertolt Brecht, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Samuel Beckett, Terry Eagleton, Peter Brook, Patrice Pavis, Nicola Savarese, Marcel Mauss, Anaïs Nin, Michael Tschechow, Eugenio Barba, Stephen Sondheim, Joan Littlewood, Steven Berkoff, Augusto Boal, Edward Said, Yoshi Oida, Jacques Lecoq, Mel Gordon, Edwin Charles Tubb, Trevor Griffiths, Mike Alfreds, Williams David, Michael Parker Pearson, Jeff Nuttall, Étienne Decroux, John Keefe, Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan, Alan S. Downer, Robert Kimball, Albert Hunt, Aristotle, Patrick Campbell, Simon David Murray, Hovey Burgess, Peter J. Arnold, Jonathan Kalb, Alan Kaprow, Emlyn Claid, Clifford McLucas, Lanna Marshall, Jonathan Pitches, Ana Sanchez-Colberg, Dick McCaw, Anne Dennis, Phelim McDermott, Enrique Pardo, Helen Spackman, David Wiles, Robert Serres
- 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.