Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre

by Bruce McConachie

Book Overview

Engaging Audiences provides an insightful introduction to spectatorship from the perspective of cognitive studies. Using performances of several plays and a wide array of scientific evidence, Bruce McConachie examines the dynamics of conscious attention, mental concepts, empathy, emotion, and culture in theatre-going. This ground-breaking study challenges many of the current theories used to understand spectators and is a valuable resource for artists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230116736
• ISBN13: 9780230116733
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"