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Foreword by Barbara Jefford OBE ('an actress of powerful address,
whose Lady Macbeth ranks among the finest of the post-war era', The
Everyman Companion to Shakespeare Postscript by Sin Phillips CBE,
Livia in the classic BBC series I Claudius and recipient of a Tony
Award Nomination for her one-woman cabaret show on 'Marlene
Dietrich' This is a book about the central principle of drama and
theatre - how we join up with one another in order to enjoy a play.
This is the principle defined by Coleridge when he described poetry
as involving -the willing suspension of disbelief-, a phrase often
used by theatre critics and others, but one which is rarely
examined in any detail, having as much to do with psychology as
aesthetics. Roger Grainger is both a psychologist and an actor, and
is thus uniquely placed to investigate this shared territory, not
only from an academic viewpoint but also professionally, in
-hands-on- ways. ... Theatre has the ability to transfer reality:
it promotes a situation where disbelief is willingly suspended in
every gesture of demonstration or presentation. As a consequence,
imaginative involvement is at the heart of theatrical endeavour,
and thus has inevitable crucial repercussions for human happiness
and well-being. Drama and the uses to which we put it represent
part of the process of living our lives - drama is an aspect of
being human which is frequently misunderstood and almost always
undervalued. This fact about ordinary life is considered here with
regard to its social and sociological implications. The concern
here is with ordinary human experience; the purpose is to draw
attention to something that is usually taken for granted and almost
always denied the respect it deserves. Without the experience we so
often dismiss as "mere entertainment," we would not just find life
less enjoyable, it would be unendurable. Without the psychological
harmony with our inner selves and our worlds which imagination
allows and encourages, we would struggle to be human at all. This
book sets out to explain what it is that makes drama in all its
manifestations - including literature - "work," and how the
engagement with imagination leads to psychological wholeness.
General
Imprint: |
Sussex Academic Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2010 |
First published: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Roger Grainger
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Dimensions: |
229 x 151 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
103 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84519-398-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
General
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LSN: |
1-84519-398-9 |
Barcode: |
9781845193980 |
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