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Architecture, actor, and audience

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Understanding the theatre space on both the practical and theoretical level is becoming increasingly important to people working in drama, in whatever capacity. Theatre architecture is one of the most vital ingredients of the theatrical experience and one of the least discussed or understood. In Architecture, Actor and Audience Mackintosh explores the contribution the design of a theatre can make to the theatrical experience, and examines the failings of many modern theatres which despite vigorous defence from the architectural establishment remain unpopular with both audiences an

Title Architecture, actor, and audience / Iain Mackintosh.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 1993
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-175) and index.
English
Content Book Cover
Title
Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction
Continuity of character?
The innovation of scenic illusion
The purifiers of the modern movement
Critics and analysts
Film and television
Historic theatres and found space
Directors and designers
Architects, engineers and the multi-purpose
Committees, consultants and flexibility
Actors and audiences
Opera and dance
Unfolding a mystery
Select bibliography
Apologia and acknowledgements
Index
Series Theatre concepts
Extent 1 online resource (192 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708381405171
MARC RECORDS

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