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OverviewExploring the themes of the event, ephemerality and democracy that mark the encounter between performance and philosophy, this original study elaborates fresh perspectives on the experiences of undoing, fiasco and disaster that shadow both the both stage and everyday life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: S. BaylyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2011 Weight: 0.387kg ISBN: 9781349322770ISBN 10: 1349322776 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 01 January 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'A book that asks the questions about performance that come before the commonly asked is a book that approaches a theatre philosophy. If such a thing were not a contradiction in terms Simon Bayly's A Pathognomy of Performance would provide us with the exemplary exception we have been waiting for.' - Alan Read, Professor of Theatre, King's College London, UK 'What this book offers on the study of the fleeting and transcendent is ultimately highly substantial, as well as provocative and wholly scholarly...' -Journal of Theatre Research International 'A book that asks the questions about performance that come before the commonly asked is a book that approaches a theatre philosophy. If such a thing were not a contradiction in terms Simon Bayly's A Pathognomy of Performance would provide us with the exemplary exception we have been waiting for.' - Alan Read, Professor of Theatre, King's College London, UK 'What this book offers on the study of the fleeting and transcendent is ultimately highly substantial, as well as provocative and wholly scholarly...' -Journal of Theatre Research International Author InformationSIMON BAYLY artist and writer working broadly in the field of performance. He is a Principal Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at Roehampton University, where he teaches on the MA in Performance and Creative Research. Since 1992, he has directed the London-based live arts company PUR. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |