Staging the Screen

The Use of Film and Video in Theatre

Greg Giesekam

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Red Globe Press
19 November 2007

Video photography; Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema

Series: Theatre and Performance Practices

The use of film and video is widespread in contemporary theatre. Staging the Screen explores a

variety of productions, ranging from Piscator to Forced Entertainment, charting the impact of developing technologies on practices in dramaturgy and performance.

Giesekam addresses critical issues raised by multi-media work and inter-media work

By: Greg Giesekam
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2007 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 486g
ISBN: 9781403916983
ISBN 10: 1403916985
Series: Theatre and Performance Practices
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 19 November 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Secondary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Contamination or Remediation? Magic to Realism: European Pioneers Polyscenicness: Josef Svoboda and Laterna Magika Big Screen to Small Screen Postmodern Collage: The Wooster Group Third-hand Photocopies: Forced Entertainment Live Films on Stage: The Builders Association Crossing the Celluloid Divide: Forkbeard Fantasy Quantum Theatre: Station House Opera Electric Campfires: Robert Lepage Conclusion Index.

GREG GIESEKAM sits on the Board with Ankur Productions and was a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2006. His publications on contemporary British theatre and contemporary performance art include A Descriptive Catalogue of the Archive of the National Review of Live Art (a reference website cataloguing over 200 performances, talks and installations from 1986-1996) and Luvvies and Rude Mechanicals? Amateur and Community Theatre in Scotland (Scottish Arts Council, 2000).

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The Use of Film and Video in Theatre

Greg Giesekam

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