Street Scenes
Late Medieval Acting and Performance
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism, History, European General
| Author: | S. Aronson-Lehavi | ISBN: | 9780230118119 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | March 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Aronson-Lehavi |
| ISBN: | 9780230118119 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | March 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Street Scenes offers a theory of late medieval acting and performance through a fresh and original reading of the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge. The performance theory perspective employed here, along with the examination of actor/character dialectics, paves the way to understanding both religious theatre and the complexity of late medieval theatricalities. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi demonstrates the existence of a late medieval discourse about the double appeal of theatre performance: an artistic medium enacting sacred history while simultaneously referring to the present lives of its creators and spectators.
Street Scenes offers a theory of late medieval acting and performance through a fresh and original reading of the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge. The performance theory perspective employed here, along with the examination of actor/character dialectics, paves the way to understanding both religious theatre and the complexity of late medieval theatricalities. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi demonstrates the existence of a late medieval discourse about the double appeal of theatre performance: an artistic medium enacting sacred history while simultaneously referring to the present lives of its creators and spectators.
