2nd Edition

Theatre Audiences

By Susan Bennett Copyright 1997
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    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:
    `nBL 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.

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

    Biography

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