Theatre and Time

by David Wiles

Overview

This fascinating account of the relationship between theatre and time explores how different concepts of time - including linear clock time, the cyclical time of the planets and seasons, the rhythms of the body and individual memories - have impacted on and been reinforced by theatre throughout history, from medieval times to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137343864
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/10/2014
Series:	Theatre And , #38
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

David Wiles is Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History and author of Theatre and Citizenship: The History of a Practice and Mask and Performance: The Greek Tragedy, amongst many other publications.
David Wiles is Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History and author of Theatre and Citizenship: The History of a Practice and Mask and Performance: The Greek Tragedy, amongst many other publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Series Editors' Preface
1. What is Time?
2. Rhythm 1: Rhythms of the Earth
3. Rhythm 2: Rhythms of the Body
4. Theatre and Memory
5. Clock Time
Bibliography
Index.