Theatre Audiences / Edition 2

by Susan Bennett

Overview

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes:
• a new preface by the author
• a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre
• a revised up-to-date bibliography.
Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415157223
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/18/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is author of Performing Nostalgia (Routledge 1995).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories of Reading and Viewing; Chapter 3 The Audience and Theatre; Chapter 4 Spectatorship Across Culture; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

"Bennett's book is enormously useful and compelling."
-Jill Dolan, "Theatre Journal

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