Robert Lepage's Scenographic Dramaturgy - The Aesthetic Signature at Work (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book theorizes auteur Robert Lepage's scenography-based approach to adapting canonical texts. Lepage's technique is defined here as 'scenographic dramaturgy', a process and product that de-privileges dramatic text and relies instead on evocative, visual performance and intercultural collaboration to re-envision extant plays and operas. Following a detailed analysis of Lepage's adaptive process and its place in the continuum of scenic writing and auteur theatre, this book features four case studies charting the role of Lepage's scenographic dramaturgy in re-'writing' extant texts, including Shakespeare's Tempest on Huron-Wendat territory, Stravinsky's Nightingale in a twenty-seven ton pool, and Wagner's Ring cycle via the infamous, sixteen-million-dollar Metropolitan Opera production. The final case study offers the first interrogation of Lepage's twenty-first century 'auto-adaptations' of his own seminal texts, The Dragons' Trilogy and Needles & Opium. Though aimed at academic readers, this book will also appeal to practitioners given its focus on performance-making, adaptation and intercultural collaboration.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Adaptation in Theatre and Performance
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Melissa Poll
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	199
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73367-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-73367-2
Barcode:	9783319733678

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