Synopses & Reviews
This book explores the relationship between theater and museums in contemporary culture and the experience of contemporary museums as theater. It shows how discourses of performance studies can open up new avenues of inquiry about the production and reception of the museum experience and its important place in contemporary culture.
Synopsis
Bennett explores the relationship between theatre and museums, looking particularly at the collaborative processes that intertwine these two cultural practices. She argues that discourses of performance studies can open up new avenues of inquiry about the production and reception of the museum experience and its place in contemporary culture.
About the Author
SUSAN BENNETT is a university professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. She is the editor of
Feminist Theatre and Performance and the author of
Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception (now in its 2nd edition) and
Performing Nostalgia: Shifting Shakespeare and the Contemporary Past.
Table of Contents
Series Editors' Preface
Introduction
From Display to Experience
Re-performance
Theatre in the Museum: Collection as Performance
The Experiential Museum
Performance as Collection: Repertoire in the Museum
Conclusion: Re-performance Matters
Further Reading
Works Cited
Index