Offering fresh studies of Samuel Beckett in pre-production, in
rehearsal, as an innovator of the script form, and as a speculative
director and designer, Beckett’s Laboratory reconsiders
Beckett’s stringent approach to stage direction through the lens
of the laboratory and reveals his experimentalism with stage
representation and composition. Wakeling argues that acknowledging
Beckett’s experimental processes, from their composition to their
reception, is crucial to understanding the innovative
representations of humanity that emerged at different stages in
Beckett’s practice. Repositioning Beckett’s performance oeuvre
in relation to philosophy, Wakeling draws upon post-dramatic,
symbolist, materialist and post-structural understandings of
theatre performance to reappraise Beckett’s plays as a
composition for performance. The philosophical underpinnings of
Beckett’s practices are explored through an eclectic mix of
familiar and unexplored contemporary theatre productions and films
of Beckett’s works, including Not I, Nacht und Träume, Happy
Days, Footfalls and Catastrophe. Beckett’s Laboratory is a
provocative examination of Beckett’s experimentalism with the
human spectacle and his playful reliance upon the interpretative
powers of the actors and audience.
General
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2021 |
| Authors: |
Corey Wakeling
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-15312-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
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| LSN: |
1-350-15312-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781350153127 |
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