180 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Dramaturgy of the Door examines the door as a critical but under-explored feature of theatre and performance, asking how doors function on stage, in site-specific practice and in performances of place. This first book-length study on the topic argues that doors engage in and help to shape broad phenomena of performance across key areas of critical enquiry in the field. Doors open up... Read more
Openings: doors remembered
1 The dramaturgy of the door
2 At home with doors: practising architectural elements
3 “This is the door”: threshold phenomena in Shakespearean dramaturgy
4 Bodies at doors, bodies with doors
5 Together at doors: situating spectators in the city
6 The Janus effect: doors and theatrical time
Closings: doors reflected
Biography
Stuart Andrews is a writer, researcher, and Co-Director of Performing City Resilience.
Matthew Wagner is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at the University of Surrey.
