Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure
| AUTHOR | Bailes, Sara Jane |
| PUBLISHER | Routledge (10/06/2010) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
What does it mean to "fail" in performance, or more accurately, to stage failure in performance? What do performances that are founded upon the collapse of their own invention illuminate that other modes of theatre usually conceal? This book examines these questions through theoretical and archival modes of investigation.
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ISBN-13:
9780415490993
ISBN-10:
0415490995
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
256
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 0.70 x 9.20 inches
Weight:
1.20 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography
Performing Arts | General
Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
Dewey Decimal:
792.022
Library of Congress Control Number:
2010005882
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What does it mean to "fail" in performance, or more accurately, to stage failure in performance? What do performances that are founded upon the collapse of their own invention illuminate that other modes of theatre usually conceal? This book examines these questions through theoretical and archival modes of investigation.
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