The emptiness of this stage signifies nothing: the material as sign in modern theatre

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    Abstract

    Analysing the materiality of theatre, Cormac Power uses Brecht to analyse the modernist idealisation of the (supposedly) direct perceptual relationship between audience the material immanence of the actors onstage. Power’s essay closes the chapter on textual materiality but also provides insights into the discussion which follows on aspects of immateriality, which covers the translation of the intangible to the tangible.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMaterial Worlds: proceedings of the conference held at Glasgow University 2005
    EditorsR. Moffat, E. de Klerk
    Place of PublicationNewcastle-upon-Tyne
    PublisherCambridge Scholars
    Pages98-109
    ISBN (Print)978-1847182753
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007

    Keywords

    • Imaginary places in art Congresses
    • Setting (literature) Congresses

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