Devising Performance charts the development of collaboratively created performances from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century. Through a range of case studies drawn from Britain, the USA and Australia, Heddon and Jane encourage us to look more carefully at different modes of devising and to consider their implications in the present day. Series: Theatre and Performance Practices. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466. . 2015. Second Edition, 2nd edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Title: Devising Performance: A Critical History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1137426764
ISBN 13: 9781137426765
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New

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What is the history of devised theatre? Why have theatre-makers, since the 1950s, chosen to devise performances? What different sorts of devising practices are there? What are the myths attached to devising, and what are the realities?

First published in 2005, Devising Performance remains the only book to offer the reader a history of devising practice. Charting the development of collaboratively created performances from the 1950s to the early 21st century, it presents a range of case studies drawn from Britain, America and Australia. Companies discussed include The Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Australian Performing Group, People Show, Teatro Campesino, Th��tre de Complicit�, Legs on the Wall, Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Graeae. Providing a history of devising practice, Deirdre Heddon and Jane Milling encourage us to look more carefully at the different modes of devising and to consider the implications of our use of these practices in the 21st century.

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JANE MILLING is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK.

DEIRDRE HEDDON is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.

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