Theatricality, Playtexts and Society by David Barnett

Theatricality, Playtexts and Society by David Barnett

This Element proposes a novel way of defining, understanding and approaching theatricality, a term that exists both in the theatre and, more broadly, in everyday life. It argues that four foundational, material processes of theatre-making manifest themselves in all playtexts in both overt and covert forms. Each of the four sections defines a different theatrical process, explores its functions in two chosen playtexts and examines its implications for the wider experience of the spectators outside the theatre. The Element concludes with a supplementary reflection on performance to show how even seemingly untheatrical playtexts can be analysed and staged to reveal their unspoken theatricality. It also argues that this new understanding of theatricality has a politics, that the artifice of any theatre and the constructedness of any society are analogous and that both, consequently, can be fundamentally changed. This Element is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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ISBN 13	9781009506298
ISBN 10	1009506293
Title	Theatricality, Playtexts and Society
Author	David Barnett
Series	Elements In Contemporary Performance Texts
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Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2024-06-06
Number of pages	82
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