Postdramatic Theatre | 
| Author: Hans-thies Lehmann
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 214
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0415268133
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.022309430904
EAN: 9780415268134
ASIN: 0415268133
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Hans-Thies Lehmann's groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre. Postdramatic Theatre refers to theatre after drama. Despite their diversity, the new forms and aesthetics that have evolved have one essential quality in common: they no longer focus on the dramatic text.
Lehmann offers a historical survey combined with a unique theoretical approach, illustrated by a wealth of practical examples, to guide the reader through this new theatre landscape. He considers these developments in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, and as an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies and a historical shift from a text-based culture to a new media age of image and sound. Engaging with theoreticians of "drama" from Aristotle and Brecht to Derrida and Schechner, the book analyses the work of recent experimental theatre practitioners such as Robert Wilson, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Mueller, the Wooster Group, Forced Entertainment, Theatre de Complicite and Societas Raffaello Sanzio.
This excellent translation is newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, including an Afterword by Karen Juers-Munby providing useful theoretical and artistic contexts for the book.
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A guide to the future January 3, 2007
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Hans-Thies Lehmann's thesis provides a thought-provoking, bold and provocative guide to the current and emerging theatrical landscape. Essential reading for every theatrical practitioner, student and scholar in the country.
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