Performance Theory

'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

Richard SCHECHNER

publisher

Routledge Classics (New York, United States)

Location code

REF.SCR3

Language

English

Keyword

performance studies, anthropology

Publication/Creation date

2003

Edition

Revised Edition

No of pages

407

ISBN / ISSN

9780415314558

No of copies

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

Citation

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Tag

Performance Art

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