Performance reconstruction and Spanish golden age drama : reviving and revising the comedia /
Taking into account the ephemeral nature of performance, this book develops innovative approaches to the reconstruction of historical staging practices through the lens of Spanish classical theater. Vidler emphasizes the need to take into account not only structures of culture, but also the human ca...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Critical Theory and the Reconstruction of Early Modern Performance 1. Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment 2. The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space 3. (Re)Placing the Corral Body 4. Staging the Object 5. Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies 6. Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance 7. Theory Performance.