Performance reconstruction and Spanish golden age drama : reviving and revising the comedia / Laura L. Vidler.
2014
PQ6105 .V55 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Performance reconstruction and Spanish golden age drama : reviving and revising the comedia / Laura L. Vidler.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781137439758 hardcover
1137439750 hardcover
1137439750 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 187 pages ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PQ6105 .V55 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
862/.309
Summary
"Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of Spanish classical theater. Vidler emphasizes the need to take into account not only structures of culture, but also the human capacity to manipulate those structures for both individual and group expression. Through a detailed analysis of approaches to space, the body, the stage object, and the spectator in the comedia, it is possible to discern analyzable artifacts that permit us to reconstruct significant aspects of early modern stagings. Furthermore, because it actively engages and intertwines both objective and subjective modes of interpretation, Vidler argues that performance theory itself will be the locus of the next breakthroughs in interpretive studies"-- Provided by publisher.
"Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of the comedia, Spain's classical theater. While poststructuralism and other theories problematize previous studies, this book argues that an interdisciplinary approach to staging reconstruction produces illuminating conclusions"-- Provided by publisher.
"Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of the comedia, Spain's classical theater. While poststructuralism and other theories problematize previous studies, this book argues that an interdisciplinary approach to staging reconstruction produces illuminating conclusions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.
Series
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Critical Theory and the Reconstruction of Early Modern Performance
Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment
The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space
(Re)Placing the Corral Body: Problematizing Semiotics and Gesture
Staging the Object
Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies
Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance
Theory Performance.
Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment
The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space
(Re)Placing the Corral Body: Problematizing Semiotics and Gesture
Staging the Object
Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies
Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance
Theory Performance.