Description
Book SynopsisApplying contemporary linguistic and semiotic research to drama, this book is an investigation into theatrical discourse - the specifically theatrical use of language in the broadest sense, from verbal utterance to non verbal visual elements.
Table of ContentsPart I. From Script to Performance: 1. Introduction to dramatic discourse 2. Speech acts onstage 3. Reading stage directions 4. Theatrical intertextuality Part II. Space and Discourse: Utterance Constrained: 5. Space in drama 6. The visible and the invisible: Huis clos 7. Sequestration and reference: Les Se;questre;s d'Altona 8. The politics of space: La Cite sans sommeil Part III. Comic Discourse: Utterance Liberated: 9. Comic reference 10. When referent is king: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie 11. The signifier triumphant: Ubu roi 12. The assassination of the sign: Jacques ou la soumission 13. The discourse of the avant-garde spectacle Notes Bibliography Index of names.
