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Staging the Screen

The Use of Film and Video in Theatre

Greg Giesekam

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English
Red Globe Press
19 November 2007
The use of film and video is widespread in contemporary theatre. Staging the Screen explores a

variety of productions, ranging from Piscator to Forced Entertainment, charting the impact of developing technologies on practices in dramaturgy and performance.

Giesekam addresses critical issues raised by multi-media work and inter-media work
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Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9781403916990
ISBN 10:   1403916993
Series:   Theatre and Performance Practices
Pages:   296
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Contamination or Remediation? Magic to Realism: European Pioneers Polyscenicness: Josef Svoboda and  Laterna Magika Big Screen to Small Screen Postmodern Collage: The Wooster Group Third-hand Photocopies: Forced Entertainment Live Films on Stage: The Builders Association Crossing the Celluloid Divide: Forkbeard Fantasy Quantum Theatre: Station House Opera Electric Campfires: Robert Lepage Conclusion Index.

GREG GIESEKAM sits on the Board with Ankur Productions and was a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2006. His publications on contemporary British theatre and contemporary performance art include A Descriptive Catalogue of the Archive of the National Review of Live Art (a reference website cataloguing over 200 performances, talks and installations from 1986-1996) and Luvvies and Rude Mechanicals? Amateur and Community Theatre in Scotland (Scottish Arts Council, 2000).

Reviews for Staging the Screen: The Use of Film and Video in Theatre

'... of great use to students and scholars seeking either an introduction to the field or descriptions of many of the performances that helped to establish... the territory.' - Matthew Causey, Contemporary Theatre Review


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