Avant-Garde Theatre Sound [electronic resource] : Staging Sonic Modernity /
Curtin, A.author.
Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. .
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sound of No Hands Clapping; 1 The Acoustic Imaginary; 2 Theatre Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction; 3 Reinventing Language: Sense and Nonsense; 4 Hearing Affectively: The Noise of Avant-Garde Performance; Conclusion: A Resounding . . .; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. .
Performing arts.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Social history.
Arts.
Theater.
History, Modern.
Performing Arts.
Directing.
Social History.
Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Modern History.