Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.
New Beginnings -- pt. I. Theatrical Event: Foundations. 1. Approaching the Theatrical Event: The Influence of Semiotics and Hermeneutics on European Theatre Studies. 2. Theatre or Performance or Untitled Event? Some Comments on the Conceptualization of the Object of Our Studies. 3. Reacting to Actions: Concepts of Theatricality. 4. Theatrical Events Revisited: Playing Culture and the Historiography of Early Nordic Theatre. 5. Culture as Human Encounter: Theatrical Communication as Model of Cultural Events -- pt. II. Theatrical Event: Applications. 6. Sarah Bernhardt in Phenomenological Perspective: To Study a Living Legend. 7. Mistero Buffo, 1999: Dario Fo's Intercultural Transfer to Sweden.
0
The Theatrical Event discusses the objectives of theatre studies by focusing on the communicative encounter between performer and spectator - the theatrical event. A theatrical event includes the presentation of a performance and the attention of an audience; in this sense, every performance - on stage or in the street, historical or contemporary - that is watched by an audience is a theatrical event.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Theatrical event.
087745731X
European drama-- 20th century-- History and criticism.