philosophy and theatre an introduction

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Philosophy and Theatre The relationship between philosophy and theatre is a central theme in the writings of Plato and Aristotle ...

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Philosophy and Theatre An Introduction Tom Stern ...

First published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Ca ...

For David, Joy, Rosalie, Sam–with thanks. ...

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Contents Acknowledgements viii Preface ix 1 What is Theatre? 1 PART I From the World to the Stage 19 2 Mimesis: Imitation and Im ...

Acknowledgements My thanks,first of all, to those who gave me comments on the manuscript, the proposal or related material: Gabr ...

Preface Philosophy and theatre emerged from the same place at the same time: Ancient Greece in the 6th centuryBC. They are both ...

the form of a dialogue, using the character of Socrates as his mouthpiece. Many scholars think that Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, wr ...

allowed to get away with it?’At a highly abstract, symbolist production: ‘How“realistic”was the performance and how much does th ...

among the best. As for the academic approaches, readers will understand that this is not a work of theatre history; nor do I off ...

the same for performance studies. Barish (1981) remains an important and accessible study of theatre-bashers, beginning with Pla ...

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1 What is Theatre? Throughout this book, we consider philosophical problems that arise in relation to theatre. The broad aim of ...

stage; lighting and sound; an audience; actors; finally, the building itself–the theatre. Yet theatrical performances are possib ...

obviously have a‘place for viewing’, or even a dedicated or significant ‘place for listening’ (i.e. auditorium). Of course, some ...

read, not to be performed; often they are excluded, as theatre, for precisely this reason. Brecht wrote Lehrstücke –‘teaching pl ...

me, is what the‘performer’and the‘spectator’know about their situation: does the watcher know that the empty space has been call ...