Theatre's Heterotopias [electronic resource] : Performance and the Cultural Politics of Space /
Tompkins, J.author.
Theatre's Heterotopias analyses performance space, using the concept of heterotopia: a location that, when apparent in performance, refers to the actual world, thus activating performance in its culture. Case studies cover site-specific and multimedia performance, and selected productions from the National Theatre of Scotland and the Globe Theatre.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Theatre, Space, and World-making; 1 Theatre and the Construction of Alternate Spaces; 2 Heterotopia and Site-Specificity; 3 Heterotopia, the National Theatre of Scotland, and 'Theatre without Walls'; 4 Re-establishing Heterotopic Relationships at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre; 5 Heterotopia and Multimedia; Conclusion: Gaps, Absences, and Alternate Orderings; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theatre's Heterotopias analyses performance space, using the concept of heterotopia: a location that, when apparent in performance, refers to the actual world, thus activating performance in its culture. Case studies cover site-specific and multimedia performance, and selected productions from the National Theatre of Scotland and the Globe Theatre.
Performing arts.
Theater—History.
Theater.
Arts.
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Arts.