The Final Curtain

The Art of Dying on Stage

von Laurence Senelick

206 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

It is a book about dying, or, more accurately, about the representation of dying in the theatre. Its chief concern is how actors undertook to translate words and concepts into forms legible and significant to an audience. It deals with the ways in which playwrights wrote about death and attitudes towards death in their cultures. Nevertheless, the emphasis is on the practice of acting. This "death spectacle" runs the gamut. From the Greek tragic stage which was highly selective in determining which deaths it (re)enacted to the elaborately stylized murders and suicides in the Kabuki to the lavish blood-letting of the Elizabethans to the deathbed visitations of the modern era, what was acceptable and/or enjoyable fluctuates wildly.

• Reihe: Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Geschichte der darstellenden Künste
• ISBN: 9781839993114
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2024
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press