Theatre and Metatheatre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre and Metatheatre write by Elodie Paillard. This book was released on 2021-11-22. Theatre and Metatheatre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The aim of this book is to explore the definition(s) of ‘theatre’ and ‘metatheatre’ that scholars use when studying the ancient Greek world. Although in modern languages their meaning is mostly straightforward, both concepts become problematical when applied to ancient reality. In fact, ‘theatre’ as well as ‘metatheatre’ are used in many different, sometimes even contradictory, ways by modern scholars. Through a series of papers examining questions related to ancient Greek theatre and dramatic performances of various genres the use of those two terms is problematized and put into question. Must ancient Greek theatre be reduced to what was performed in proper theatre-buildings? And is everything was performed within such buildings to be considered as ‘theatre’? How does the definition of what is considered as theatre evolve from one period to the other? As for ‘metatheatre’, the discussion revolves around the interaction between reality and fiction in dramatic pieces of all genres. The various definitions of ‘metatheatre’ are also explored and explicited by the papers gathered in this volume, as well as the question of the distinction between paratheatre (understood as paratragedy/comedy) and metatheatre. Readers will be encouraged by the diversity of approaches presented in this book to re-think their own understanding and use of ‘theatre’ and ‘metatheatre’ when examining ancient Greek reality.
Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage
Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage write by Rebecca Clode. This book was released on 2022-06-09. Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers the first major discussion of metatheatre in Australian drama of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It highlights metatheatre’s capacity to illuminate the wider social, cultural, and artistic contexts in which plays have been produced. Drawing from existing scholarly arguments about the value of considering metatheatre holistically, this book deploys a range of critical approaches, combining textual and production analysis, archival research, interviews, and reflections gained from observing rehearsals. Focusing on four plays and their Australian productions, the book uses these examples to showcase how metatheatre has been utilised to generate powerful elements of critique, particularly of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations. It highlights metatheatre’s vital place in Australian dramatic and theatrical history and connects this Australian tradition to wider concepts in the development of contemporary theatre. This illuminating text will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian theatre (historic and contemporary) as well as those researching and studying drama and theatre studies more broadly.
Plautus in Performance
Plautus in Performance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plautus in Performance write by Niall W. Slater. This book was released on 2000. Plautus in Performance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Lope de Vega's Comedias de Tema Religioso
Lope de Vega's Comedias de Tema Religioso - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lope de Vega's Comedias de Tema Religioso write by Elaine M. Canning. This book was released on 2004. Lope de Vega's Comedias de Tema Religioso available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lope's use of self-reverential devices in Lo fingido verdadero and La buena guarda serves to highlight the illusory nature of life and the relationship between lo verdadero and lo divino which lie at the heart of the theocentric world view of seventeenth-century Spain. The conflicting imperatives of human and divine love and the issue of identity are features of all of the plays. Furthermore, it is illustrated that the interplay between illusion and reality and the relationship between playwright and audience are crucial to Lope's dramatic output."--Jacket.
Tragedy and Metatheatre
Tragedy and Metatheatre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tragedy and Metatheatre write by Lionel Abel. This book was released on 2003. Tragedy and Metatheatre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abel's basic premise is that 'tragedy is difficult if not altogether impossible for the modern dramatist'. He then proceeds to provide a theory of the resolution of this problem. This seminal paper, first published in 1963, is now reprinted with a selection of complementary essays.
