Presence in Play: A Critique of Theories of Presence in the TheatreRodopi, 2008 - 228 من الصفحات Presence in Play: A Critique of Theories of Presence in the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey and analysis of theatrical presence to be published. Theatre as an art form has often been associated with notions of presence. The 'live' immediacy of the actor, the unmediated unfolding of dramatic action and the 'energy' generated through an actor-audience relationship are among the ideas frequently used to explain theatrical experience - and all are underpinned by some understanding of 'presence.' Precisely what is meant by presence in the theatre is part of what Presence in Play sets out to explain. While this work is rooted in twentieth century theatre and performance since modernism, the author draws on a range of historical and theoretical material. Encompassing ideas from semiotics and phenomenology, Presence in Play puts forward a framework for thinking about presence in theatre, enriched by poststructuralist theory, forcefully arguing in favour of 'presence' as a key concept for theatre studies today. |
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الصفحة 13
... onstage presence as “the maker” potentially lends the performance a certain aura, while the playful manipulation of props emphasises their literally “being-there” before the audience. Apart from developing terminology and setting out ...
... onstage presence as “the maker” potentially lends the performance a certain aura, while the playful manipulation of props emphasises their literally “being-there” before the audience. Apart from developing terminology and setting out ...
الصفحة 17
... onstage happenings a range of dramatic information which enables him to translate what he sees and hears into something quite different: a fictional dramatic world characterised by a set of properties, a set of agents and a course of ...
... onstage happenings a range of dramatic information which enables him to translate what he sees and hears into something quite different: a fictional dramatic world characterised by a set of properties, a set of agents and a course of ...
الصفحة 18
... on stage [...] is marked with unreality (Ubersfeld 1999: 24). We are never fooled into thinking that the chairs and tables onstage are actually those in a fiction, but we agree to pretend that they are by mentally marking those objects ...
... on stage [...] is marked with unreality (Ubersfeld 1999: 24). We are never fooled into thinking that the chairs and tables onstage are actually those in a fiction, but we agree to pretend that they are by mentally marking those objects ...
الصفحة 19
... onstage is “marked with unreality”. I explore this issue in more detail further on; here I only wish to note the potential difficulties in reconciling a theory which emphasises the negation of the real with an art form that—more than ...
... onstage is “marked with unreality”. I explore this issue in more detail further on; here I only wish to note the potential difficulties in reconciling a theory which emphasises the negation of the real with an art form that—more than ...
الصفحة 20
... onstage are, as Ubersfeld put it, “marked with a minus sign”, is that it appears to negate the theatrical medium itself. We may wonder whether it is really coherent to posit such a distinction between dramatic “illusion” and concrete ...
... onstage are, as Ubersfeld put it, “marked with a minus sign”, is that it appears to negate the theatrical medium itself. We may wonder whether it is really coherent to posit such a distinction between dramatic “illusion” and concrete ...
المحتوى
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The Auratic Mode of Presence | 47 |
The Literal Mode of Presence | 87 |
Chapter 4 Deconstructing Presence | 117 |
Chapter 5 The Presence of Liveness | 147 |
Chapter 6 Signifying Presence | 175 |
Conclusion The Magic of Theatre | 201 |
Bibliography | 209 |
Index | 223 |
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الصفحة 91 - In short, the practically cognized present is no knife-edge, but a saddle-back, with a certain breadth of its own on which we sit perched, and from which we look in two directions into time.
الصفحة 25 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
الصفحة 26 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts: Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think when we talk of horses that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
الصفحة 119 - It is not a simple analogy: writing, the letter, the sensible inscription, has always been considered by Western tradition as the body and matter external to the spirit, to breath, to speech, and to the logos.
الصفحة 150 - Simulation is no longer that of a territory, a referential being or a substance. It is the generation by models of a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal.
الصفحة 126 - The dramatic theatre's spectator says: Yes, I have felt like that too —Just like me— It's only natural— It'll never change— The sufferings of this man appall me, because they are inescapable— That's great art; it all seems the most obvious thing in the world— I weep when they weep, I laugh when they laugh.
الصفحة 122 - The stage is theological for as long as it is dominated by speech, by a will to speech, by the layout of a primary logos which does not belong to the theatrical site and governs it from a distance.
الصفحة 41 - Our claim, our hope, our despair are in the mind — not in things, not in "scenery." Moliere said that for the theatre all he needed was a platform and a passion or two. The climax of this play needs only five square feet of boarding and the passion to know what life means to us.