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9780534514822

Theatre A Way of Seeing (with InfoTrac)

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    9780534514822

  • ISBN10:

    0534514820

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-07
  • Publisher: Thomson Learning
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Consistently praised for being "streamlined" and "clear and student friendly," this text offers the beginning theatre student an exciting, full-color introduction to all aspects of theatre. It presents the experience of theatre, who sees, what is seen, where and how it is seen largely from the viewpoint of audiences exposed to a complex, living art that involves people, spaces, plays, designs, staging, forms, language, and productions. The book includes the appropriate coverage of the history, diversity and most critical moments in theatre in a way that encourages students to experience theatre as "a performing art and humanistic event."

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Part One Theatre's Seeing Spaces
Discovering Theatre
3(22)
The Immediate Art
3(1)
Theatre's Immediacy
4(1)
Theatre's Aliveness
5(2)
Theatre's Doubleness
7(5)
Photo Essay: Types of Contemporary Theatres
8(4)
Theatre and Life
12(1)
Theatre's Fictions
13(1)
Theatre's Illusion
14(1)
Theatre's Spaces
14(4)
Photo Essay: Stage Actors Perform Shakespeare in Film
15(3)
Theatre's Audiences
18(2)
Waiting for Godot
20(3)
Transition
23(1)
Web Sites
23(2)
The Seeing Place
25(30)
Ritual and Theatre
25(2)
Western Theatre
27(2)
The Greek Theatre
27(2)
Playwright: Aeschylus and the Athenian Festivals
29(1)
Tropes
30(4)
Medieval Theatre
30(3)
The Elizabethan Theatre
33(1)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
34(6)
Photo Essay: Elizabethan Theatres and Modern Reconstructions
35(1)
The Proscenium Theatre
36(4)
Eastern Theatre
40(2)
The Chinese Theatre
40(2)
Playwright: Tang Xianzu
42(2)
Actor: Mei Lanfang
44(7)
Japanese Theatre
44(1)
Photo Essay: Eastern Influences on Western Theatre The Caucasian Chalk Circle Pacific Overtures Richard II The King Stag The Mahabharata Drums on the Dike
45(6)
Playwright: Chikamatsu Monzaemon
51(1)
Doll Puppets: Bunraku
52(1)
Transition
53(1)
Web Sites
53(2)
Alternative Theatrical Spaces
55(18)
Forerunners of Alternative Approaches
56(1)
The Polish Laboratory Theatre
56(1)
Grotowski's ``Poor'' Theatre
56(1)
Director: Jerzy Grotowski
57(3)
The Living Theatre
60(1)
The Brig
60(1)
The Living Theatre's Gurus: Julian Beck and Judith Malina
61(2)
The Living Theatre on Tour
62(1)
Theatre Du Soleil
63(1)
Ariane Mnouchkine's Environmental Space
63(1)
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine
64(4)
Photo Essay: Environmental Theatre: A Forty-Year Perspective The Polish Laboratory Theatre The Living Theatre The Performance Group New York Theatre Strategy Theatre du Soleil
66(2)
The Bread and Puppet Theatre
68(1)
Puppeteer: Peter Schumann
68(3)
Peter Schumann's Open-Air Performances
68(2)
Domestic Resurrection Circus
70(1)
Transition
71(1)
Web Sites
71(2)
Part Two Theatre's Writers, Voices, and Forms
The Image Makers: The Playwright
73(26)
The Playwright
73(1)
The Play: A Blueprint Not Yet Built
73(1)
The Playwright's Beginnings
74(1)
Playwright: Edward Albee
75(1)
The Playwright's Role
76(1)
Playwright: Marsha Norman
77(5)
Photo Essay: Women Playwrights: Emerging Voices and New Perspectives Lillian Hellman Lorraine Hansberry Maria Irene Fornes Tina Howe Caryl Churchill Wendy Wasserstein Paula Vogel Suzan-Lori Parks
78(4)
Playwright: Sam Shepard
82(1)
The Playwright's Tools
83(1)
Playwright: David Mamet
84(2)
The Playright and the Industry
86(1)
Playwright: August Wilson
87(2)
Playwright: Tennessee Williams
89(1)
Playwright: Arthur Miller
90(1)
New American Writing: Alternative Voices
91(3)
Gay and Lesbian Writing
91(1)
African American Writing
92(1)
Asian American Writing
93(1)
U.S. Latino/a Writing
93(1)
Alternate Voices
Pearl Cleage Rebecca Gilman Philip Kan Gotanda David Henry Hwang Eduardo Machado Terrence McNally Diana Son Cheryl L. West George C. Wolfe
94(3)
Transition
97(1)
Web Sites
97(2)
Perspectives and Forms of Theatrical Writing
99(30)
Drama's Perspectives
99(1)
Tragedy
99(2)
The Tragic Vision
100(1)
Tragic Realization
100(1)
Aristotle on Tragedy
100(1)
Euripides' Medea as Tragedy
100(1)
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
101(1)
Playwright: Euripides
102(1)
Comedy
103(1)
The Comic Vision
103(1)
Playwright: Moliere
104(1)
Tragicomedy
104(2)
Definitions
104(2)
Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters
106(2)
Modern Tragicomedy
107(1)
Playwright: Samuel Beckett
108(1)
Melodrama
109(1)
The Mixed Form
109(1)
Melodrama's View of Life
109(1)
Farce
109(1)
Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes
110(1)
The ``Psychology'' of Farce
110(1)
Adaptations
111(1)
Michael Frayn's Noises Off
112(6)
Adapting for the Stage
113(1)
Photo Essay: Recent Adaptations for the American Theatre The Grapes of Wrath Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
114(4)
Playwright: Bertolt Brecht
118(1)
Epic Theatre
118(2)
The Epic Play
118(2)
Dramatic Theatre Versus Epic Theatre
120(2)
Epic Theatre as Eyewitness Account
120(1)
The Alienation Effect
121(1)
Absurdist Theatre
122(1)
The Absurd
122(1)
Playwright: Eugene Ionesco
123(2)
The American ``Absurd''
124(1)
Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano
125(2)
Transition
127(1)
Web Sites
127(2)
Structures of Seeing
129(28)
Drama: The Playwright's Art
129(3)
Drama as Imitation
129(2)
Drama's Elements
131(1)
Playwright: Henrik Ibsen
132(1)
Play Structures
132(1)
Climactic Structure
132(1)
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
133(3)
Episodic Structure
133(3)
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
136(2)
Situational Structure
137(1)
Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle
138(1)
Recent Structures
139(1)
Solo Texts
139(1)
Exceprpt from The Bald Soprano
140(2)
Solo Performer: Spalding Gray
142(1)
Excerpt from Spalding Gray's Monster in a Box
143(1)
Samuel Beckett's Rockaby with Text
144(5)
Monodrama
145(4)
Postmodern Theatre
149(3)
Theatre of Images
150(2)
Playwright-Director-Designer: Robert Wilson
152(3)
Photo Essay: Theatre for a High-Tech World Einstein on the Beach The Forest 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof The Voyage The Days Before: Death Destruction & Detroit III
153(2)
Transition
155(1)
Web Sites
155(2)
Drama's Conventions and Language
157(32)
Drama's Conventions
157(2)
Stage Directions
157(2)
Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
159(2)
Exposition
160(1)
``Stage Directions'' in Shakespeare's Hamlet
161(1)
Euripides' Prologue in The Trojan Women
162(2)
Point of Attack
163(1)
Complication, Crisis, Climax
163(1)
Shakespeare's Macbeth
164(1)
Resolutions or Endings
165(1)
Simultaneous Plots
165(1)
Conventions of Time
165(1)
Dramatic Versus Actual Time
165(1)
Shakespeare's Hamlet
166(1)
Playwright: Luigi Pirandello
167(1)
Conventions of Metaphor
167(1)
The Play-Within-the-Play
167(1)
Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (with text)
168(5)
Photo Essay: The Play-Within-the-Play: Traditional and Modern Hamlet Six Characters in Search of an Author The Caucasian Chalk Circle Marat/Sade Noises Off
170(3)
Drama's Language
173(2)
Words and Gestures
173(2)
Verbal and Nonverbal Language
175(1)
Types of Stage Language
175(1)
Shakespeare's Verse
175(1)
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
176(2)
Chekhov's Sounds and Silences
177(1)
Soliloquy from Hamlet
178(2)
Brecht's Gestic Language
179(1)
Anton Chekhov's Sound Effects in The Cherry Orchard
180(2)
Playwright: Anton Chekhov
182(1)
Contemporary Trends in American Theatre
183(1)
David Mamet's Wordsmiths in Glengarry Glen Ross
184(3)
David Mamet's Wordsmiths
184(3)
Transition
187(1)
Web Sites
187(2)
Part Three Theatre's Practitioners
The Image Makers: The Actor
189(24)
Acting---The Astonishing Art
189(1)
Acting Is Doing
189(1)
The Actor's Reality
190(4)
External Technique
190(3)
Internal Belief
193(1)
The Actor's Tools
193(1)
The Actor's Training
194(2)
Preparing the Role
194(2)
Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio
196(2)
Sanford Meisner's Foundation Technique
197(1)
Actor: Uta Hagen
198(4)
Improvisation
199(1)
Practical Aesthetics
199(1)
Physical and Vocal Training
200(2)
Director/Teacher: Anne Bogart
202(1)
Voice Coach: Cicely Berry
203(8)
Rehearsals and Performance
204(1)
The Actor in Film
204(1)
Photo Essay: Great Moments in Acting Jessica Tandy Bert Lahr James Earl Jones George Grizzard Cherry Jones Janet McTeer
205(6)
Transition
211(1)
Web Sites
211(2)
The Image Makers: The Director
213(24)
Forerunners
213(1)
Actor-Manager: Caroline Neuber
214(1)
The Director as Artist
214(1)
Producer-Director: Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Georg II
215(1)
Producer-Director: Andre Antoine
216(1)
Producer-Director: Konstantin Stanislavski
217(1)
Early Responsibilities: Play Selection, Casting, Conferences
217(1)
Director: Peter Brook
218(2)
The Director's Assistants
219(1)
Dramaturgy and the Production Dramaturg
220(1)
Directing Approaches and Styles
220(1)
Stage Vocabulary
221(2)
Preplanned Approach
221(1)
Collaborative Approach
222(1)
Bertolt Brecht's Approach to Directing
223(5)
Photo Essay: The Director as Creator Peter Brook Ariane Mnouchkine Andrei Serban Julie Taymor Robert Wilson
224(4)
The Director's Vision
228(1)
The New Collaborators
228(1)
Pina Busch, Martha Clarke, Robert Wilson
228(1)
Director: Elia Kazan
229(1)
Elia Kazan's Director's Notebook for A Streetcar Named Desire
230(2)
Director: Alan Schneider
232(1)
Director/Choreographers: Martha Clarke and Pina Bausch
233(2)
Transition
235(1)
Web Sites
235(2)
The Image Makers: The Designers Scenery, Costumes, Makeup, Masks, Wigs & Hair
237(26)
The Scene Designer
237(2)
Background
237(2)
Designers: Appia and Craig
239(2)
The Designer's Training
239(1)
Designing for the Theatre
240(1)
Designers: Ming Cho Lee and John Lee Beatty
241(6)
Photo Essay: Modern Stage Designs Jo Mielziner's A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman Teo Otto's Mother Courage and Her Children Josef Svoboda's Oedipus the King John Lee Beatty's The Heiress
244(3)
The Costume Designer
247(1)
The Costume
247(1)
Costume Designer: Patricia Zipprodt
248(4)
Photo Essay: Broadway Set and Costume Designers at Work John Lee Beatty Bob Crowley Jane Greenwood William Ivey Long John Napier Ian MacNeil Martin Pakledinaz Anthony Powell Robin Wagner Tony Walton
249(3)
Costume Designer: Theoni V. Aldredge
252(1)
Costume Designers: Jane Greenwood and William Ivey Long
253(2)
The Designer's Process
253(2)
Costume Construction: Barbara Matera
255(2)
Makeup, Masks, Wigs & Hair
257(3)
Makeup
257(1)
Masks
258(1)
Wig & Hair Design
259(1)
Wig and Hair Designer: Paul Huntley
260(1)
Transition
261(1)
Web Sites
261(2)
The Image Makers: Designers Lighting, Sound, and Computer Technologies
263(24)
The Lighting Designer
263(1)
Background
263(1)
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
264(5)
The Art of Light
266(1)
The Designer's Process
267(1)
The Designer's Working Methods
267(1)
Special Lighting Effects
268(1)
The Designer's Assistants
268(1)
Lighting Designers: Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer and Tharon Musser
269(3)
Photo Essay: Lighting Instruments, Control Consoles, and Accessories Ellipsoidals Fresnels Follow Spotlights Striplights Control Consoles LCD Displays and Monitors Dimmer Racks
270(2)
The Sound Designer
272(1)
The Art of Theatrical Sound
272(1)
Sound Designer: Abe Jacob
273(3)
Sound Designer: Jonathan Deans
276(1)
Sound Design: Laurie Anderson and Moby Dick
277(1)
The Designer's Working Methods
277(1)
Special Effects with Sound
278(1)
Computer-Aided Design: Scenery, Costumes, Lighting, and Sound
278(4)
Photo Essay: New Stage Technologies Automated Lighting Instruments Intercom Systems Portable Sound Systems
280(2)
Technical Production
282(3)
The Production Team
282(3)
Transition
285(1)
Web Sites
285(2)
The Image Makers: The Producer
287(24)
Producing on Broadway
287(5)
The Broadway Producer
287(3)
Photo Essay: Broadway's ``Hottest'' Property: The Musical Aida The Lion King Fosse Chicago Rent The Phantom of the Opera
290(2)
Producer: Cameron Mackintosh
292(3)
Broadway Contracts
295(1)
Playwrights' Agent: Audrey Wood
296(2)
Producing off Broadway
298(1)
Producer: Daryl Roth
299(2)
Producing in Regional Theatres
301(4)
Literary Management and Literary Managers
305(2)
Producing Director: Zelda Fichandler
307(1)
Artistic Director: Gregory Boyd
308(1)
Transition
309(1)
Web Sites
309(2)
Part Four Theatre's Modern Diversity
Re-Imaging Cultures: Theatrical Diversity
311(28)
Cultural Links
311(2)
Multiculturalism
312(1)
Interculturalism
312(1)
Transculturalism
312(1)
Peter Brook and the Mahabharata
313(1)
The Mahabharata
314(1)
Julie Taymor and Juan Darien
315(1)
Creator: Julie Taymor
316(2)
Ariane Mnouchkine and Les Atrides
318(2)
Cultural Diversity and Performance Art
320(4)
Photo Essay: Re-imaging Cultures Peter Brook Ariane Mnouchkine Andrei Serban Julie Taymor
321(3)
Today's Performance Artists: Eric Bogosian, Eve Ensler, Karen Finley, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Holly Hughes, John Leguizamo
324(2)
The Solo Performance
326(1)
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities; Twilight: Los Angeles 1992; and House Arrest by Anna Deavere Smith
326(1)
Performance Artist: Anna Deavere Smith
327(10)
Staging Ethnic Diversity
329(6)
Cultural Separatism or Cultural Fusion?
335(2)
Transition
337(1)
Web Sites
337(2)
Part Five Theatre's Critics
Viewpoints
339(26)
Criticism
339(1)
Seeing Theatre
340(2)
Audiences as Critics
340(1)
Audience Viewpoints
341(1)
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
342(1)
Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
343(2)
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie
345(1)
The Professional Critic
346(1)
The Critic's Job
346(1)
Today's Leading Critics
347(3)
The Critic's Creativity
348(1)
The Critic's Questions
348(1)
Performance Notes
349(1)
Theatre Critics: George Jean Nathan, Claudia Cassidy, Brooks Atkinson, Ben Brantley, Gussow
350(2)
Theatre Scholarship
351(1)
Critical Standards
352(1)
Writing the Theatre Review
352(4)
Photo Essay: Critics at Work
353(3)
Frank Rich on Beckett's Rockaby
356(1)
Three Working Critics
356(7)
Brooks Atkinson on A Streetcar Named Desire
356(3)
Kenneth Tynan on Look Back in Anger
359(2)
Edith Oliver on American Buffalo
361(2)
Transition
363(1)
Web Sites
363(2)
Glossary 365(10)
Appendix A: Suggested Readings 375(8)
Appendix B: Notes 383(6)
Acknowledgments 389(4)
Index 393

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