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Ghosts by Alice Rayner

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Summary

Examines theatre as a memorial practice that is haunted by the presence of loss, looking at how aspects of stage-craft turn familiar elements into something uncanny. Suggesting that objects connect past to present through the sense of touch, this work explores how props are suspended backstage between motion and meaning.

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Ghosts by Alice Rayner

Examines theatre as a memorial practice that is haunted by the presence of loss, looking at how aspects of stage-craft turn familiar elements into something uncanny. Suggesting that objects connect past to present through the sense of touch, this work explores how props are suspended backstage between motion and meaning.
Alice Rayner is associate professor of drama at Stanford University and author of, most recently, To Act, To Do, To Perform: Drama and the Phenomenology of Action.
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ISBN 13 9780816645459
ISBN 10 0816645450
Title Ghosts
Author Alice Rayner
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Year published 2006-05-22
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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