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.
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?