Theatre audiences : A theory of production and reception / Susan Bennett

By:

Bennett, Susan

Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997Edition: 2nd edDescription: 248 pISBN:

0415157234

Summary: Susan Bennett’s highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences. Susan Bennett advances a theory that brings spectators to the foreground, emphasizing their creative involvement and showing how they contribute to theatrical productions. Concentrating primarily on non-traditional drama and performance over the last 30 years, Bennett examines specific theatres, including their advertising, architecture, and staging, as well as the audiences they attract. Published here in an exciting up-to-date second edition, Theatre Audiences now includes a new preface by the author; a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre; and up-to-date bibliography. Theatre Audiences is a classic volume. a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre. (Font: Editor)

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Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC	ET07 Ben 97	1	Available		1900053606

Preface to the new edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Historical approaches ; Contemporary concerts -- 2. Theories of reading and viewing: Starting with Brecht ; Reader-response theory ; Other approaches to the reader ; Semiotics and post-structuralism in theatre and film studies -- 3. The audience and the theatre: Culture and the idea of the theatrical event ; Selection: the relationship between production and reception ; On the threshold of theatre ; Performance ; Post-performance -- 4. Spectatorship across cultures: Fascination and obsession ; Translation and meaning ; Intercultural exchange ; Reviewing spectatorship -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography

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