Space in Performance: Making Meaning in the Theatre
Notes
Examines the way theatre buildings function to frame the performance event, the organisation of audience and practitioner spaces within the building, the nature of the stage and the modes of representation it facilitates, and the relationship between the real space of the theatre and the fictional places that are evoked.
| Artist / Author | Gay McAuley |
|---|---|
| Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
| ISBN | 978-0-472-08769-3 |
| Reference | P1756 |
| Date | 2000 |
| Type | Publication |
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