Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension Between Empiricism and Rationalism

by Michael Y. Bennett

Book Overview

Introduction: Words, Space, and the Audience Victorian Ideals: Wilde Performances in The Importance of Being Earnest and Salome After the Great War: Contextualizing the Self in Italy and Six Characters in Search of an Author 1952 Paris: Waiting for Godot and The Great Quarrel Cold War Tactics: Fear in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Conclusion: The Epistemological Quandary over Improvisation, Impermanence, and Lack of a Script in Performance Art:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349297402
• ISBN13: 9781349297405
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"