Screened Stages

On Theatre in Film

Rachel Joseph

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Routledge
27 June 2025

The Arts: General & Reference; Theatre Studies; Dance; Media studies

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywood cinema as screened stages.

A screened stage is the literal or metaphorical appearance of a stage on screen. When the Hollywood style emerged in cinema history it traumatically severed the entwined relationship between film and theatre. The book makes the argument that cinema longs for theatre after that separation. The histories of stage and screen persistently crisscross one another making their separation problematic. The screened stage from the end of the nineteenth century until now offers a miniaturized version of cinema and theatre history. Moments of the stage within the screen compress historical styles and movements into saturated representations on film. Such examples overflow the cinematic screen into singular manifestations of presentness. Screened stages uncover what it means to be simultaneously present and absent.

This book would be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, film, dance, and performance.

By: Rachel Joseph
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9780367498269
ISBN 10: 036749826X
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 27 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Joseph is an Associate Professor of Human Communication and Theatre at Trinity University.