The Second Birth of Theatre
Performances of Anglo-Saxon Monks
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book examines performative practices of Anglo-Saxon monks and provides fresh insights into the origins of early English theatre. The author argues that modern European theatre was reinvented in medieval monasteries and demonstrates the fundamental...
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This book examines performative practices of Anglo-Saxon monks and provides fresh insights into the origins of early English theatre. The author argues that modern European theatre was reinvented in medieval monasteries and demonstrates the fundamental incongruences between ancient and Christian performativity.
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This book presents a new approach to early English theatre by exposing a genuine relationship between monastic performances and theatricality. It argues that modern theatre was reinvented in Anglo-Saxon monasteries by monks who were required to transform themselves by disciplining their bodies and performing complex religious acts. After extensively surveying the monastic and liturgical sources of theatre the author reconstructs the XII-century staging of the Anglo-Norman «Ordo representacionis Ade» and demonstrates the fundamental incongruity between the ancient and Christian performativity. On a more personal note he concludes with comments on references to the monastic rule in «Performer», a programmatic text by Jerzy Grotowski.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Second Birth of Theatre “
Caedmon - Monk as performer - Anglo-Saxon liturgy - Regularis Concordia - Monasticism - Body performances - Church and theatre - Medieval theatre - Transubstantiation - Mass - Christian performing arts - Performativity - Quem quaeritis - Ordo Representacionis Ade - Jerzy Grotowski
Autoren-Porträt von Miroslaw Kocur
Miroslaw Kocur is Head of Cultural Studies at the University of Wroclaw and Professor at L. Solski Theatre Academy for the Dramatic Arts. His research focuses on studying acting techniques and reconstructing the origins of performing practices. He is the author of «On the Origins of Theater».
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Miroslaw Kocur
- 2017, Neuausgabe, 226 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 3631679122
- ISBN-13: 9783631679128
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.04.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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