1st Edition
Audience as Performer The changing role of theatre audiences in the twenty-first century
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: AUDIENCE PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE Audience as Performer
CHAPTER TWO Stage Etiquette (1800-1880)
CHAPTER THREE Theatre Etiquette (1880-2000)
PART II: CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCE PERFORMANCE
Introduction to Part II
CHAPTER FOUR Audience as Critic
CHAPTER FIVE Audience as Community
CHAPTER SIX Audience as Consumer
CHAPTER SEVEN Audience as Co-creator
Conclusion New Possibilities
List of Contributors
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index
Biography
Caroline Heim is Lecturer in Drama at Queensland University of Technology. Previous to entering academia she worked as a professional actor on New York and other US stages winning a Drama League Award.
"Heim's succinct, accessible volume serves as an important contribution to the ever-growing scholarly field investigating audiences in relation to theatrical performance. Highly Recommended."
- Choice Magazine
"An invaluable text for classes and scholars in theatre history, criticism, and practice."
- Theatre Topics
"Takes the research and understanding of the active role/s of audiences and the people in them to a new level of understanding and recognition."
- Australasian Drama Studies
