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Performance Studies
An Introduction, 3rd Edition
The publication of Performance Studies: An Introduction was a defining moment for the field. Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies,...
Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Performance Theory
Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
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Performance Studies
An Introduction, 2nd Edition
In this second edition, the author opens with a discussion of important developments in the discipline. His closing chapter, 'Global and Intercultural Performance', is completely rewritten in light of the post-9/11 world. Fully revised chapters with new examples, biographies and source material...
Published April 27th 2006 by Routledge
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Performance Theory
Series: Routledge Classics
Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and in the world of theatre production as Richard Schechner. For more than four decades his work has challenged conventional definitions of theatre, ritual and performance. When this seminal collection first appeared, Schechner's approach was...
Published August 20th 2003 by Routledge
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The Grotowski Sourcebook
Series: Worlds of Performance
This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Grotowski's life and work.Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, the sourcebook features:*essays from the key...
Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
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The Future of Ritual
Writings on Culture and Performance
In The Future of Ritual, Richard Schechner explores the nature of ritualised behaviour and its relationship to performance and politics. A brilliant and uncontainable examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the...
Published November 1st 1995 by Routledge