Ghosts : death's double and the phenomena of theatre /
Alice Rayner examines theatre as a memorial practice that is haunted by the presence of loss, looking at how aspects of stagecraft turn familiar elements into something uncanny. Citing examples from the works of Shakespeare, Beckett, and Suzan-Lori Parks as well as the films Vertigo, Gaslight, and T...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Alice Rayner examines theatre as a memorial practice that is haunted by the presence of loss, looking at how aspects of stagecraft turn familiar elements into something uncanny. Citing examples from the works of Shakespeare, Beckett, and Suzan-Lori Parks as well as the films Vertigo, Gaslight, and The Sixth Sense, Rayner describes time as it is employed by theatre with multiple facets of presence, duration, and passage. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 205 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816697120 0816697124 9780816645442 0816645442 9780816645459 0816645450 |