Performance theory Schechner, Richard

Richard Schechner

ISBN 10: 0415900921 / ISBN 13: 9780415900928

Published by Routledge, 1988

About this Item

FIRST EDITION. New York: Routledge, 1988. Hardcover in dust jacket. The 1st Edition published under this title (but actually a revised and expanded edition). Small note on front blank, dj sunned, smudged, else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (b/nb).

Seller Inventory # 0602T224510

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performance theory Schechner, Richard
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415900921
• ISBN 13: 9780415900928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Collectible; Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and 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. Within these pages he examines the connections between Western and non-Western cultures, theatre and dance, anthropology, ritual, performance in everyday life, rites of passage, play, psychotherapy and shamanism.

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