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Devising Performance

A Critical History. Theatre and Performance Practices

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Palgrave USA, Gordonsville, United States
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 22nd Oct 2005
Dimensions: w 138mm h 217mm d 16mm
Weight: 357g
ISBN-10: 1403906637
ISBN-13: 9781403906632
Barcode No: 9781403906632
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The book charts the development of collaboratively-created performances from the 1950s to the present day. Companies discussed include the Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Australian Performing Group, People Show, Teatro Campesino, Theatre de Complicite, Legs on the Wall, Forced Entertainment and Third Angel. Against this background of enormous variety, fundamental questions are posed: 'What is devised theatre?'; 'Why have theatre-makers chosen to devise performances since the 1950s?' and 'How has devised performance changed over the last fifty years?'

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'With 'devising' as the linchpin, the authors bring into dialogue an extraordinary array of aesthetic theories and practices, political ideologies and popular forms of entertainment, historical movements and critical thought. A must read for performance studies enthusiasts, scholars and practitioners alike, whether seeking a history or a guide-book.' - Mady Schutzman, CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)