Spatio-Temporality as Theater Performance.

An essay from the book "Essays on Twentieth-Century German Drama and Theater: An American Reception 1977-1999" is presented. It focuses on the spatio-temporality aspect of a theatrical performance. A reader or spectator is being transported by a theater experience via time and space and towards mean...

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Published in:Essays on Twentieth-Century German Drama & Theater: An American Reception 1977-1999 pp. 53 - 63
Main Authors: Bryant-Bertail, Sarah, Rennert, Hellmut Hal
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Peter Lang Group 2004
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Summary:An essay from the book "Essays on Twentieth-Century German Drama and Theater: An American Reception 1977-1999" is presented. It focuses on the spatio-temporality aspect of a theatrical performance. A reader or spectator is being transported by a theater experience via time and space and towards meaning. This movement towards meaning is often referred as the process of theatrical signification. It can be said that time and space cannot be considered as two stable elements from which a theater performance is produced.