Theatre and Time
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.
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Theatre and Time
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.
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Theatre and Time

Theatre and Time

by David Wiles
Theatre and Time

Theatre and Time

by David Wiles

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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: 9781350316140
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 09/22/2014
Series: Theatre And
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 88
File size: 1 MB

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.

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.
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