Hans-Thies Lehmann

Postdramatic Theatre

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Produktbeschreibung

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, and including a wealth if practical examples, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann's groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 167mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780415268127
• ISBN-10: 0415268125
• Artikelnr.: 22781285

Autorenporträt

Hans-Thies Lehmann is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His numerous publications include Theater und Mythos (1991) on the constitution of the subject in ancient Greek tragedy, Writing the Political (2002) and, with Patrick Primavesi, Heiner Müller Handbuch (2004). Karen Jürs-Munby is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Huddersfield.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the English Edition 1. Prologue 2. Drama Drama and Theatre Drama
and Dialectic 3. Pre-histories Towards a Prehistory of Postdramatic Theatre
A Short Look Back at the Historical Avant-gardes 4. Panorama of
Postdramatic Theatre Beyond Dramatic Action: Ceremony, Voices in Space,
Landscape Postdramatic Theatrical Signs Examples 5. Performance Theatre and
Performance The Present of Performance 6. Aspects: Text - Space - Time -
Body - Media Text Space Time Body Media 7. Epilogue 8. Afterword Notes
Bibliography Index

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Preface to the English Edition 1. Prologue 2. Drama Drama and Theatre Drama and Dialectic 3. Pre-histories Towards a Prehistory of Postdramatic Theatre A Short Look Back at the Historical Avant-gardes 4. Panorama of Postdramatic Theatre Beyond Dramatic Action: Ceremony, Voices in Space, Landscape Postdramatic Theatrical Signs Examples 5. Performance Theatre and Performance The Present of Performance 6. Aspects: Text - Space - Time - Body - Media Text Space Time Body Media 7. Epilogue 8. Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'This is a provocative, illuminating and stimulating book that will undoubtedly become as essential a text in English theatre scholarship as it already has in continental Europe.' - Marvin Carlson, Theatre Research International

'This groundbreaking study [is] an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies.' - International Theatre Informations

'This is an important book, already elbowing its way into the forefront of English-language critical discourse on theatre...' --TDR

'This is a provocative, illuminating and stimulating book that will undoubtedly become as essential a text in English theatre scholarship as it already has in continental Europe.' - Marvin Carlson, Theatre Research International

'This groundbreaking study [is] an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies.' - International Theatre Informations

'This is an important book, already elbowing its way into the forefront of English-language critical discourse on theatre...' --TDR