The Necessity of Theater

The Necessity of Theater
Author: Paul Woodruff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2008
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0195394801


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What is unique and essential about theatre? What separates it from other arts? Do we need 'theatre' in some fundamental way? This text analyzes the unique power of theatre by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practised together in harmony by watchers and the watched.