Theatre & the Visual argues that theatre studies' preoccupation with problems arising from textual analysis has compromised a fuller, political consideration of the visual. Johnson examines the spectator's role in the theatre, exploring pleasure, difficulty and spectacle, to consider the implications for visual experience in the theatre.

Theatre & the Visual argues that theatre studies' preoccupation with problems arising from textual analysis has compromised a fuller, political consideration of the visual. Johnson examines the spectator's role in the theatre, exploring pleasure, difficulty and spectacle, to consider the implications for visual experience in the theatre.

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Autorentext
DOMINIC JOHNSON is Lecturer in Drama in the Department of Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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Theatre & the Visual argues that theatre studies' preoccupation with problems arising from textual analysis has compromised a fuller, political consideration of the visual. Johnson examines the spectator's role in the theatre, exploring pleasure, difficulty and spectacle, to consider the implications for visual experience in the theatre.

Inhalt

Series Editors' Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- PART I: HISTORIES OF LOOKING.- PART II: WORDLESS SPECTACLE.- PART III: THE PLEASURES AND PAINS OF LOOKING.- EPILOGUE: THE SHOCK OF THE NEW.- Further Reading.