| Talking Drama Contributor(s): Roof, Judith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1443813303 ISBN-13: 9781443813303 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $58.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: 809.2 |
| LCCN: 2009482732 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.1" (0.92 lbs) 195 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in Talking Drama ask what the relation is between drama and its critics. In so far as we conceive of drama and theatre as arising from and providing some sense of social ritual and comment, drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the foibles and problems of human existence as well as the general hubris and errors of society. Plays both constitute criticism--of society, of ideas, of other plays--and deploy such self-critical gambits as plays within plays, characters who watch other characters, characters feigning roles and personalities, and even the overt inclusion of characters who are critics. Plays, thus, comment both on themselves and on the art of theatre generally. At the same time, drama implies other kinds of critics in the guise of the audience, reviewers, and those who might participate in its ideas. Just as plays produce the seeds of their own critique, so they also spur critique of their aesthetics, the artistry of their performance, and the ideas and conflicts they illustrate. Critics who review play performances are as much an intrinsic part of theatrical events as the audience and the plays themselves. |