Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Emotion explores how drama, theatre and contemporary performance present the emotions. From Shakespeare to Stanislavski, from Brecht to Caryl Churchill, drama and theatre inform and warn about the emotions. The book investigates how concepts of emotion are communicated in performance and therefore in society. Since emotion is artistically staged, its composition and impact can be discussed and analyzed, and thought of in relation to interdisciplinary approaches. The book explores the ways in which the emotions, emotional feelings, mood, affect and sensations were and are expressed, communicated and recognized within the language of theatrical traditions, contemporary performance and future trends. Readers are encouraged to consider how emotion is dramatically, aurally and visually developed to create innovative performance.
Case studies include Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Ibsen's A Doll's House, The Wooster Group's productions and the drama of Caryl Churchill. By way of these developed case studies, readers will access new methodologies and approaches for their own exploration of 'emotion' as a performance component. Volumes are supported by further online resources including illustrative material, questions and exercises.
Synopsis
Theory for Theatre Studies: Emotion explores how emotion is communicated in drama, theatre, and contemporary performance and therefore in society. From Aristotle and Shakespeare to Stanislavski, Brecht and Caryl Churchill, theatre reveals and, informs but also warns about the emotions. The term 'emotion' encompasses the emotions, emotional feelings, affect and mood, and the book explores how these concepts are embodied and experienced within theatrical practice and explained in theory. Since emotion is artistically staged, its composition and impact can be described and analysed in relation to interdisciplinary approaches. Readers are encouraged to consider how emotion is dramatically, aurally, and visually developed to create innovative performance.
Case studies include: Medea, Twelfth Night, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Ibsen's A Doll's House, and performances by Mabou Mines, Robert Lepage, Rimini Protokoll, Anna Deavere Smith, Soc etas Raffaello Sanzio, Marina Abramovic, and The Wooster Group. By way of these detailed case studies, readers will appreciate new methodologies and approaches for their own exploration of 'emotion' as a performance component.
Online resources to accompany this book are available at https: //www.bloomsbury.com/theory-for-theatre-studies-emotion-9781350030848/.