Publication

2017 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781474247344
  • ISBN-101474247342
  • OCLC Control Number953630604
  • Better World Books9781474247344
  • Open LibraryOL28616990M

Classifications

  • LCCPN1584
  • LCCPN1584 .P667 2017

Description

There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause or heckling. Performer and role are interlaced, so that we are left uncertain about just how the persona we see onstage might relate to the private person who presents it to us. 'Popular Performance' defines and surveys varieties of performance where the main purpose is to entertain, and where there is no shame in being trivial, frivolous or nonsensical as long as people go home happy at the end of the show. Contributions by new and established scholars focus particularly on how it is made, explaining the techniques of performance and production that make it so appealing to audiences.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Popular PerformanceBloomsbury Publishing Plc2017-01-01

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