Product Description

This cogent and provocative compilation of essays is now a classic text for students of the emergent discipline of performance studies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37788 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Review
'Reading Performance Theory by Richard Schechner again, three decades after its first edition, is like meeting an old friend and finding out how much of him/her has been with you all along this way.' – Augusto Boal

From the Back Cover

With a new preface by the author

‘Reading Performance Theory by Richard Schechner again, three decades after its first edition, is like meeting an old friend and finding out how much of him/her has been with you all along this way.’ – Augusto Boal

Few have had quite as much impact 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 not only novel, it was revolutionary: drama is not just something that occurs on stage, but something that happens in everyday life, full of meaning, and on many different levels. First published: 1977.

About the Author
Richard Schechner (1938-). One of contemporary theatre's most celebrated directors, he is also a world-renowned artist and scholar.