TY  - BOOK
AU  - Low,Jennifer A.
TI  - Dramatic spaces: scenography and spectatorial perceptions 
SN  - 9781138852488 (hbk)
AV  - PN1590.A9 L69 2016
U1  - 792 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Drama
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theater audiences
KW  - Theater
KW  - History
KW  - Theaters
KW  - Stage-setting and scenery
KW  - DRAMA / General
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
N1  - P.B; Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-203) and index
N2  - "Dramatic Spaces explores the effect of traditional theatrical design on the ways in which drama is understood and interpreted. By marrying theater history with literary analysis, and charting subtle shifts in the role of the audience over time, Jennifer Low shows the rich dimensions that can be overlooked when drama is treated solely as text rather than performance. Elements of semiotics, phenomenology, spatial theory, proxemics, theater history, stage design, theories of visual perception combine with case studies from Moholy Nagy to Plautus and Shakespeare to Albee demonstrate the complex relationships between text and spatiality that play such a huge role in an audience's experience"--
ER  -