The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being WatchedOxford University Press, 30.4.2008 - 272 sivua What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth. The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot, character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves. Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly. |
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... kind of poetics of my own. Like him I develop a theory by working out the details of a definition, and like him I am openly prescriptive. Like any art, the art of theater can be practiced well or badly. The theory I develop here helps ...
... kind of poetics of my own. Like him I develop a theory by working out the details of a definition, and like him I am openly prescriptive. Like any art, the art of theater can be practiced well or badly. The theory I develop here helps ...
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... Theater 11 0.1 Being Necessary 13 0.2 The Art of Theater 18 0.3 The Art of Watching 19 0.4 Needing Theater 22 0.5 The Place of Art Theater 25 0.6 Needing the Art 26 PART I: THE ART OF BEING WATCHED 1. Defining the Art 31 1.1 Kinds of ...
... Theater 11 0.1 Being Necessary 13 0.2 The Art of Theater 18 0.3 The Art of Watching 19 0.4 Needing Theater 22 0.5 The Place of Art Theater 25 0.6 Needing the Art 26 PART I: THE ART OF BEING WATCHED 1. Defining the Art 31 1.1 Kinds of ...
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... theater. They need it the way they need each other— theway they need to ... Theater is as distinctive of human beings, in my view, as language itself. Theater ... kind of theater. Because these are cultural needs, they may be satisfied in ...
... theater. They need it the way they need each other— theway they need to ... Theater is as distinctive of human beings, in my view, as language itself. Theater ... kind of theater. Because these are cultural needs, they may be satisfied in ...
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... kind of poetry serves as the vehicle for cultural memory; we could do without poets writing for poets, and we could turn to other forms of self-expression for therapy. So we might conclude that poetry is not necessary in our time ...
... kind of poetry serves as the vehicle for cultural memory; we could do without poets writing for poets, and we could turn to other forms of self-expression for therapy. So we might conclude that poetry is not necessary in our time ...
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... kind of change involves social practices such as slavery and war and religion. Slavery and war There was a time when its defenders argued that the practice of slavery was necessary for human culture. The argument ran like this: culture ...
... kind of change involves social practices such as slavery and war and religion. Slavery and war There was a time when its defenders argued that the practice of slavery was necessary for human culture. The argument ran like this: culture ...
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