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Abstract
Performance, dramaturgy, and scenography are often explored in isolation, but in Theatrical Reality, Campbell Edinborough describes their connectedness in order to investigate how the experience of reality is constructed and understood during performance. Drawing on sociological theory, cognitive psychology, and embodiment studies, Edinborough analyses our seemingly paradoxical understanding of theatrical reality, guided by the contexts shaping relationships between performer, spectator, and performance space. Through a range of examples from theatre, dance, circus, and film, Theatrical Reality examines how the liminal spaces of performance foster specific ways of conceptualising time, place, and reality.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| List of Illustrations | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter One: Locating Theatrical Reality | 7 | ||
| Chapter Two: Embodiment and the Dialectical Reality of Scenic Space | 23 | ||
| Chapter Three: Watching Bodies in Theatrical Space | 39 | ||
| Chapter Four: Authentic Fictions: Truthful Behaviour in Given Circumstances | 59 | ||
| Chapter Five: Alienated Realities | 79 | ||
| Chapter Six: Theatrical Reality Beyond the Theatre Walls | 103 | ||
| Chapter Seven: Spectatorial Corporeality and Theatrical Intimacy | 123 | ||
| Chapter Eight: Meta-Realities in Autobiographical Theatre, Film and Television | 139 | ||
| Conclusion | 155 | ||
| Bibliography | 163 | ||
| Index | 169 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |