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A Pathognomy of Performance
Simon Bayly
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Description for A Pathognomy of Performance
Hardcover. Exploring 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. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Exploring 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.
Exploring 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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230271692
SKU
V9780230271692
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Simon Bayly
SIMON 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.
Reviews for A Pathognomy of Performance
'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 ... Read more