Product Description

An invaluable handbook explaining the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. It also explains the meanings and methods of semiotics and addresses key texts from Sophocles to Caryl Churchill.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78782 in Books
• Published on: 1991-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
This book has filled a gap in semiotics text books Dr. S. J. Simkin, LSU College

From the Author
Recommmended for a-level performing arts students.
This book is very useful for students studying the language of performing arts at A-level standard.

From the Back Cover
This indispensable student guide to the study of drama is the first to explain in detail the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of theatre in performance.
The study of semiotics is an increasingly important area of critical practice, and a vital component in any up-to-date drama course, yet it poses a number of tricky and tantalising questions for the student approaching it for the first time.
What is the relationship between theory and practice? How can an understanding of the text as a system of signs be related to the semiotics of stage performance? Can the performance of drama also be read as a sign-system? Beginning at the beginning, with accessible explanations of the meanings and methods of semiotics, Theatre as Sign-System addresses key drama texts, from Sophocles to Caryl Churchill, and offers new and detailed information about performance theory which can be related to textual practice.