ISBN:
9781138796911
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (201 p)
Paralleltitel:
Print version Audience as Performer : The changing role of theatre audiences in the twenty-first century
DDC:
306.4/84
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
'Actors always talk about what the audience does. I don't understand, we are just sitting here.' Audience as Performer proposes that in the theatre, there are two troupes of performers: the actors and the audience. Although academics have scrutinised how audiences respond, make meaning and co-create while watching a performance, little research has considered the behaviour of the theatre audience as a performance in and of itself. This insightful book describes how an audience performs through its myriad gestural, vocal and paralingual actions, and considers the following questions: If the aud
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Do Audiences Perform?; Performer, Performance, Audience; Writings About Audiences; Listening to the Audience; Mainstream Theatre; Book Structure; Notes; References; Part I: Audience Performance; 1. Audience as Performer; From Empathy to Performance; The Audience's Audience; The Audience's Role; The Audience's Costume; The Audience's Preparation; The Performance; Laughter; Crying; Applauding; Listening; The Shuffle and the Fidget; The Walk-out; Restraints; Notes; References
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
2. Stage Etiquette (1800-1880)Historical Considerations; Stage Etiquette; The Audience's Audience; Character Roles; Followers; Audience Performing Styles; Audience Costume; The Audience Set and Lighting; Audience Performance; Laughter and Crying; Applause; Stamps, Cheers, Thumps, Roars, Catcalls and Waves; Dialogue and Singing; Whistles, Oaths and Groans; Eating, Chewing, Spitting and Smoking; Pre and Post-performance Discussions; Audience Text; Notes; References; 3. Theatre Etiquette (1880-2000); From the Limelight into the Shadows; Theatre Etiquette; The Galleryites; The Fashionables
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The Matinee Girl, the Stage-Door Johnny and the Tired Business ManGuest Performers; Props: The Hat; The Auditorium Fades to Black; Musical Audiences from the 1980s; Notes; References; Part II: Contemporary Audience Performance; Introduction to Part II; Note; References; 4. Audience as Critic; The Discussion; The Post-show Discussion; The Pleasure of Performing Critic; The Role of the Audience Critic in Previews; Digitising Critical Responses; Case Study Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Playing Critic in the Public Square; Steppenwolf Critics Live; Steppenwolf Critics Online; Notes; References
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5. Audience as CommunityCommunity Houses; The House; Socialising in the House; Interior Decorating; Share Houses; New Houses; Case Study Signature Theatre Company: Building Communities; Notes; References; 6. Audience as Consumer; Esteem; The Tourist Audience; Audience as Consumer; The Pleasure of Purchasing; Ownership; Audience as Guest at the Theatrical Experience; Consuming the Right to Perform; Case Study Times Square: Self-Conscious Performance; Notes; References; 7. Audience as Co-creator; The Electric Air; Audience as Co-creator; Reciprocity; Leading and Following; Breathe as One
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Twenty-First-Century Audience Co-creationYouth Theatre; Immersive Theatre; Communal Theatre; One-Person Show; The Soliloquy; Creating a Scene; Case Study Shakespeare's Globe: Extending the Invitation; Notes; References; Conclusion: New Possibilities; Everything Old is New Again; Emerging Questions; New Possibilities; Notes; References; Contributors; Audience Members; Actors; Ushers/Front of House Managers/Merchandise Managers; Directors/Producers/Other Theatre Professionals; Appendix 1: Audience Interviews; Appendix 2: Questionnaire; Index
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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