UID:
almahu_9949383659302882
Format:
1 online resource (235 pages)
ISBN:
9781000650198
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1000650197
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9780429330735
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0429330731
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9781000650426
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1000650421
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9781000650655
,
1000650650
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment Ser.
Content:
The Environment on Stage: Scenery or Shapeshifter? investigates a pertinent voice of theatrical performance within the production and reception of ecotheatre. Theatre ecologies, unavoidably enmeshed in the environment, describe the system of sometimes perverse feedback loops running through theatrical events, productions, performances and installations. This volume applies an ecoaware spectatorial lens to explore live theatre as a living ecosystem in a literal sense. The vibrant chemistry between production and reception, and the spiralling ideas and emotions this generates in some conditions, are unavoidably driven by flows of matter and energy, thus, by the natural environment, even when human perspectives seem to dominate. The Environment on Stage is an intentionally eclectic mix of observation, close reading and qualitative research, undertaken with the aim of exploring ecocritical ideas embedded in ecotheatre from a range of perspectives. Individual chapters identify productions, performances and installations in which the environment is palpably present on stage, as it is in natural disasters such as floods, storms, famine, conflict and climate change. These themes and others are explored in the context of site-specificity, subversive spectators, frugal modes of narrative, the shifting stuff' of theatre productions, and imaginative substitutions. Ecotheatre is nothing less than vibrant matter that lets the environment speak for itself
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Conetents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Setting the Ecotheatrical Scene; 1 The Environment on Stage in Production and Reception; 2 Natural Disasters as Ecotheatrical Shapeshifters; 3 An Ecotheatrical Perspective on Dearth in Performance; 4 The Environment in Performance: Stage Invasion or Deus ex Machina?; 5 Environmental Theatre, Site Specificity and Theatre Ecologies; 6 Frugal Modes of Storytelling as Ecotheatre; 7 Bicycles on Stage -- Shapeshifters or Scenery?
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8 Reperforming Reception -- The Skriker in 1994 and 20159 On the Importance of Intrinsic Environmental Responsibility; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hudson, Julie. Environment on Stage : Scenery or Shapeshifter? Milton : Routledge, ©2019 ISBN 9780367353308
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429330735
