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Theatre Audiences Susan Bennett

Theatre Audiences By Susan Bennett

Theatre Audiences by Susan Bennett


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Summary

Explores the audience's role in traditional and avant-garde theatre, the impact of the spectator upon the performance itself and surveys past approaches to audience behaviour. A second revised edition with a new chapter on intercultural theatre, a revised introduction and a revised bibliography.

Theatre Audiences Summary

Theatre Audiences: A theory of production and reception by Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes:
`nBL a new preface by the author
* a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre
* a revised up-to-date bibliography
Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre.

About Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is author of Performing Nostalgia (Routledge 1995).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories of Reading and Viewing; Chapter 3 The Audience and Theatre; Chapter 4 Spectatorship Across Culture; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

Additional information

GOR002394427
9780415157230
0415157234
Theatre Audiences: A theory of production and reception by Susan Bennett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19970918
264
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