{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-katie-mitchell-9781138600058","title":"The Theatre of Katie Mitchell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume in the 4x45 series investigates the work of theatre director Katie Mitchell. Pausing to reconsider a career in progress, it engages with some of Mitchell's most recent work in the UK and Europe across theatre, opera, and Live Cinema. It also takes a longer view, considering the early turns that Mitchell took at the start of her career in the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume gives full scope to the voice of the practitioner, alongside scholarly perspectives, in order to understand the work from within. Interviews with Mitchell's collaborators get inside her process  and inside the thinking of key artists who help craft the distinctive visual, aesthetic and technological forms of Mitchell's productions. Three major concerns criss-cross these contributions: the political implications of aesthetic form; the meaning of Mitchell's interest in the radical project of early Naturalism; and the influence of Europe on Mitchell's avant-garde experimentalism, which often draws on \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction | \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Fowler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Immersive Worlds: Designing Katie Mitchell’s Theatre | \u003ci\u003eAlex Eales in conversation with Benjamin Fowler\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Katie Mitchell and the Politics of Naturalist Theatre | \u003ci\u003eDan Rebellato and Kim Solga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Willful Distraction: Katie Mitchell, Auteurism and the Canon | \u003ci\u003eTom Cornford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Stages and Screens: Katie Mitchell’s Theatre Aesthetics | \u003ci\u003eLeo Warner in conversation with Janis Jefferies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019506614615,"sku":"9781138600058","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138600058.jpg?v=1750780471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-katie-mitchell-9781138600058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}