{"product_id":"dramatic-spaces-9780367524456","title":"Dramatic Spaces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor literary scholars, plays are texts; for scenographers, plays are performances. Yet clearly a drama is \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e text and performance. \u003ci\u003eDramatic Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e examines period-specific stage spaces in order to assess how design shaped the thematic and experiential dimensions of plays. This book highlights the stakes of the debate about spatiality and the role of the spectator in the auditorium  if audience members are co-creators of the drama, how do they contribute? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book investigates:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoman comedy and Shakespearean dramas in which the stage-space itself constituted the primary scenographic element and actors' bodies shaped the playing space more than did sets or props\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe use of paid applauders in nineteenth-century Parisian theaters and how this practice reconfigured theatrical space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etransactions between stage designers and spectators, including work by László Moholy-Nagy,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. Inside the Theater: Audience Experience at \u003ci\u003eThe Menaechmi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Comedy of Errors\u003c\/em\u003e 2. \"Bodied Forth\": Spectator, Stage, and Actor in Early Modern English Theaters 3. Audience Performance: The Claque in Nineteenth-century French Theater 4. How Modernism Played in Berlin: Moholy-Nagy’s \u003ci\u003eHoffmann\u003c\/i\u003e at the Kroll Opera House 5. Box Set to the Infinite Power: Metatheatricality and Set Design in Albee's \u003cem\u003eTiny Alice\u003c\/em\u003e 6. Design and Double Vision: Spectatorial Experience and \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017940762967,"sku":"9780367524456","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367524456.jpg?v=1750775145","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dramatic-spaces-9780367524456","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}