The Theater of Truth

The Theater of Truth
Author: William Egginton
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2009-12-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0804773491

The Theater of Truth argues that seventeenth-century baroque and twentieth-century neobaroque aesthetics have to be understood as part of the same complex. The Neobaroque, rather than being a return to the stylistic practices of a particular time and place, should be described as the continuation of a cultural strategy produced as a response to a specific problem of thought that has beset Europe and the colonial world since early modernity. This problem, in its simplest philosophical form, concerns the paradoxical relation between appearances and what they represent. Egginton explores expressions of this problem in the art and literature of the Hispanic Baroques, new and old. He shows how the strategies of these two Baroques emerged in the political and social world of the Spanish Empire, and how they continue to be deployed in the cultural politics of the present. Further, he offers a unified theory for the relation between the two Baroques and a new vocabulary for distinguishing between their ideological values.

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth
Author: Avi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545174155

A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

The Art of Theater

The Art of Theater
Author: James R. Hamilton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0470766107

The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships An important and original contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater

The Ground on which I Stand

The Ground on which I Stand
Author: August Wilson
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781559361873

August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.

Telling the Truth

Telling the Truth
Author: Robin Belfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Experimental theater
ISBN: 9781848424913

A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.

Theaters Of The Mind

Theaters Of The Mind
Author: Joyce McDougall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135888280

Using the theatre as a central metaphor, this text provides a flexible framework to explore the psychic realities of the characters within us. Case studies underscore how different kinds of patients construct particular fantasies as a response to the pain of earlier life scenarios.

Describe the Night

Describe the Night
Author: Rajiv Joseph
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2017-11-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1786823772

WINNER - Best American Play, Obie Awards 2018 In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel wanders the countryside with the Red Cavalry. In 1990, a mysterious KGB agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. Set in Russia over the course of ninety years, this thrilling and epic new play by Rajiv Joseph traces the stories of seven men and women connected by history, myth and conspiracy theories.

Theatre of Witness

Theatre of Witness
Author: Teya Sepinuck
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2013
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1849053820

Exploring diverse human experiences in the US, Poland and Northern Ireland, this book is of interest to practitioners and students of applied theatre, peace and conflict studies, professionals working in conflict resolution, counselors, psychotherapists, professionals in the field of criminal and restorative justice, and spiritual seekers.

Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America

Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
Author: Jake Johnson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-06-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025205136X

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopted the vocal and theatrical traditions of American musical theater as important theological tenets. As Church membership grew, leaders saw how the genre could help define the faith and wove musical theater into many aspects of Mormon life. Jake Johnson merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Mormons gravitated toward musicals as a common platform for transmitting political and theological ideas. Johnson sees Mormons using musical theater as a medium for theology of voice--a religious practice that suggests how vicariously voicing another person can bring one closer to godliness. This sounding, Johnson suggests, created new opportunities for living. Voice and the musical theater tradition provided a site for Mormons to negotiate their way into middle-class respectability. At the same time, musical theater became a unique expressive tool of Mormon culture.