Description
Book SynopsisTheatre, Time and Temporality is the first book-length exploration of the subject of temporality within theatre and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theatre to contemporary performances – in addition to recent writings from physics, philosophy and psychology – to analyse ways that time can be presented, communicated and transformed in the theatre. How do we experience time in theatre, and how can that experience be altered or manipulated? Rabey’s analysis and exploration will spark discussion among students and scholars of drama, as well as among practicing performers and dramatic writers.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements xiii
Introduction
Part I: Theatre in Time
Chapter 1: Whose Time Is It?
Chapter 2: Theatre in Time
Interval: A Hole in the Night
Part II: Time in Theatre
Chapter 3: Shapes of Time
Interlude 1: ‘Why don’t you all just f-f-fade away’?: Further Thoughts on Staging Ageing
Chapter 4: Principles of Uncertainty
Interlude 2: The Clock in the Forest: Jerusalem Unenclosed: A Case History
Chapter 5: Time Out of Joint
Inconclusion: Repent, Harlequin …
