Staging the Ghost Story is the first book to offer a critical appraisal of the centuries-long relationship between the ghost story and the English stage. The book balances a critical consideration of the ghost story in performance, its history, its cultural politics, and its generic conventions, with practical insight regarding the valency of live representations of the supernatural, the challenges of embodiment, and the power of storytelling. Throughout, it draws upon accompanying interviews with prominent directors, playwrights, performers and stage designers in the industry, including Mark Gatiss, Robin Herford, Michael Holt, Danny Robins, Robert Lloyd Parry, Rebecca Vaughan, Tajinder Singh Hayer, Glen Neath, Adam Z. Robinson, Richard Sutton, Paul Voodini, and Jonathan Goodwin. With a focus upon the seminal elements of theatrical performance: time, space, bodies, devices, and audience, the book invites the elusive shadows of the ghost story to take centre stage.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Kelly Jones
EAN: 9783031919602
COUNTRY: Switzerland
PAGES: 259
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT: 210 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer International Publishing AG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2025-06-30
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Gothic, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography
WIDTH: 148 mm
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Book Themes:
Individual actors and performers, Theatre studies, Theatre direction and production, Theatre: technical and background skills, History of Performing Arts, Popular culture