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The Necessity of Theater - The Art of Watching and Being Watched (Paperback)
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The Necessity of Theater - The Art of Watching and Being Watched (Paperback)
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What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from
other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art
of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book,
is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining
theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he
treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that -
at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples
believe) bring a divine presence to earth.
The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by
separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched,
practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas
performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions
worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot,
character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space -
audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A
good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their
engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind
of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us
transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves.
Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff
makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected
to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal
to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or
performance more broadly.
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