Theatre & the visual /

This volume argues that theatre studies' preoccupation with problems arising from textual analysis has compromised a fuller, political consideration of the visual. It examines the spectator's role in the theatre, exploring pleasure, difficulty and spectacle, to consider the implications fo...

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Main Author: Johnson, Dominic, 1980-
Format: Book
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Theatre&.
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Summary:This volume argues that theatre studies' preoccupation with problems arising from textual analysis has compromised a fuller, political consideration of the visual. It examines the spectator's role in the theatre, exploring pleasure, difficulty and spectacle, to consider the implications for visual experience in the theatre.
Physical Description:xiv, 82 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 75--79) and index.
ISBN:9780230246621 (pbk.)