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Light, Paperback / softback Book

Light Paperback / softback

Part of the Readings in Theatre Practice series

Paperback / softback

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How has light influenced the staging of theatre throughout history?What does light contribute to performance?How does it make meaning?This collection explores the creative potential of light in the theatre.

Through a wide range of extracts from historical accounts, new research and rare documents, some presented for the first time in English, Scott Palmer provides new ways of thinking about lighting as a creative performance practice.

Focusing on elements such as:* the emergence of lighting design in the theatre* equipment and techniques* the dramaturgy of light* its impact on actor, audience and playhouse* the semiotics and phenomenology of light in performancethe book reveals why light has such a profound effect on the audience's experience of a theatrical event.

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