'Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and in the world of theatre production as Richard Schechner. For more than four decades his work has challenged conventional definitions of theatre, ritual and performance. When this seminal collection first appeared, Schechner's approach was not only novel, it was revolutionary: drama is not just something that occurs on stage, but something that happens in everyday life, full of meaning, and on many different levels. Within these pages he examines the connections between Western and non-Western cultures, theatre and dance, anthropology, ritual, performance in everyday life, rites of passage, play, psychotherapy and shamanism.' - from back cover
Access level
Onsite
author
Location code
REF.SCR3
Language
English
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2003
Edition
Revised Edition
No of pages
407
ISBN / ISSN
9780415314558
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
Introduction: The Fan and the Web
Approaches
Actuals
Drama, Script, Theater, and Performance
From Ritual to Theater and Back: The Efficacy-Entertainment Braid
Toward a Poetics of Performance
Selective Inattention
Ethology and Theater
Magnitudes of Performance
Rasaesthetics
Performance Theory
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