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Greatest Shows on Earth (Paperback)
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Greatest Shows on Earth (Paperback)
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What makes a particular performance 'great'? The Greatest Shows on
Earth offers an address that focuses sharply on theatre as
performance: as an event that can stir the blood, the spirit and
the brain like nothing else. The result is a book about fourteen
outstanding theatre events from a dozen countries. In discrete,
production-focused chapters, work from Peter Brook's King Lear
through to the Sydney Olympics Opening Event is approached by a
team of international scholars and practitioners, each describing
in print that which existed in time and space and, most
significantly, within specific contexts. What binds these chapters
together is the conviction that whilst liveness disappears in a
moment, spectatorship can translate into documentation that adds
something to a work's value ... even as so much else can never be
captured in words. In wrestling with ephemerality and memory, The
Greatest Shows on Earth does more than make a case for what makes
certain theatre great, it foregrounds analysis with emotion and
writing with the type of first-person engagement that is usually
edited out rather than invited in. John Freeman lectures in
Performance Studies at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.
He has written extensively on theatre, art, pedagogy and research
for numerous international journals, newspapers, magazines, books,
government and funding agencies, galleries, festivals and
consultancy panels. The Greatest Shows on Earth is his fifth book.
General
Imprint: |
Libri Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
John Freeman
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Dimensions: |
230 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-907471-54-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
General
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LSN: |
1-907471-54-5 |
Barcode: |
9781907471544 |
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