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Focal Press Contemporary Mise en Scene: Staging Theatre Today

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Focal Press Contemporary Mise en Scene: Staging Theatre Today
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  • Author: Patrice Pavis
  • Softcover, 384 Pages
  • Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis
  • 1st Edition, Published December 4, 2012
Contemporary Mise en Scene: Staging Theatre Today Contemporary Staging Theatre Today by Patrice Pavis from Focal Press masterful analysis of the role that staging has played in the creation and practice of theater throughout history. This stunningly ambitious study considers the staged reading at the frontiers of mise en scéne,scenography, and the reinterpretation of classical and contemporary works.
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Contemporary Mise en Scene: Staging Theatre Today Contemporary Staging Theatre Today by Patrice Pavis from Focal Press masterful analysis of the role that staging has played in the creation and practice of theater throughout history. This stunningly ambitious study considers the staged reading at the frontiers of mise en scéne,scenography, and the reinterpretation of classical and contemporary works.

Table of Contents
1. Where did mise en scène come from?

2. On the frontiers of mise en scène

3. The difference between mise en scène and performance

4. Tendencies in French scenography

5. The mise en jeu of contemporary texts

6. The intercultural trap: rituality and mise en scène in the video art of Guillermo Gómez-Peña

7. Theatre in another culture: a Korean example

8. Media on the stage

9. The deconstruction of postmodern mise en scène

10. Physical theatre and the dramaturgy of the actor

11. The splendour and the misery of interpreting the classics

12. Staging calamity: mise en scène and performance at Avignon 2005

13. Conclusions: Where is mise en scène going?

About the Author
Patrice Pavis is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Kent. He was formerly Professor of Theatre Studies at Paris VIII University. His Dictionary of the Theatre has been published in 30 different languages.

Focal Press 9780415553445 Specs

Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
December 4, 2012
Guide
Author
Patrice Pavis
Includes Images
Yes
ISBN Number
9780415553445
Cover Type
Soft
Number of Pages
384

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