First published in France in 1976, Anne Ubersfeld's three-volume work, Lire le theatre, has made a resounding impact on the semiological study of drama. Reading Theatre is a long-awaited translation of the first volume.Clear and systematic in its approach, the book covers all the basic elements of theatrical text and performance. Ubersfeld begins by refuting the view of performance as the simple 'translation' of a dramatic text, and outlines a much more complex dynamic. In subsequent chapters she similarly begins with a brief critique of simplistic models and then teases out the complexities of action, character, space, time, and dialogue. A range of specific examples brings substance and clarity to her points.Ubersfeld shows how such formal analysis can enrich the work of theatre practitioners, offering a fruitful reading of the symbolic structures of stage space and time, and opening up multiple possibilities for interpreting a play's lines of action. Though firmly grounded in formalist and semiotic studies, the book exhibits a refreshing scepticism about scientific positivism, stressing the fundamental ambiguity of any dramatic text as well as the sociohistorical grounding of particular text and performance styles.A pioneering work, this contemporary classic continues to inform debates in theatre semiotics. Addressed as much to actors and directors as to students and scholars, it will be read widely in theatre circles throughout the English-speaking world.

Reading Theatre (Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication)

Literature & Fiction

Ubersfeld, Anne

History & Criticism

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

First published in France in 1976, Anne Ubersfeld's three-volume work, Lire le theatre, has made a resounding impact on the semiological study of drama. Reading Theatre is a long-awaited translation of the first volume.
Clear and systematic in its approach, the book covers all the basic elements of theatrical text and performance. Ubersfeld begins by refuting the view of performance as the simple 'translation' of a dramatic text, and outlines a much more complex dynamic. In subsequent chapters she similarly begins with a brief critique of simplistic models and then teases out the complexities of action, character, space, time, and dialogue. A range of specific examples brings substance and clarity to her points.
Ubersfeld shows how such formal analysis can enrich the work of theatre practitioners, offering a fruitful reading of the symbolic structures of stage space and time, and opening up multiple possibilities for interpreting a play's lines of action. Though firmly grounded in formalist and semiotic studies, the book exhibits a refreshing scepticism about scientific positivism, stressing the fundamental ambiguity of any dramatic text as well as the sociohistorical grounding of particular text and performance styles.
A pioneering work, this contemporary classic continues to inform debates in theatre semiotics. Addressed as much to actors and directors as to students and scholars, it will be read widely in theatre circles throughout the English-speaking world.

University of Toronto Press

Les termes clés de l'analyse du théâtre

SEUIL

Lire le théâtre (v. 1: Classiques du peuple) (French Edition)

Éditions sociales

Le drame romantique

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

BELIN EDUCATION

Le théâtre est une pratique littéraire particulière, parce qu'elle contient en elle une pratique artistique autre. Le texte de théâtre est incomplet, " illisible ", sans la représentation qui achève de lui donner sens. Pourtant on doit, on peut le lire, mais c'est selon ses loi propres. La sémiotique permet d'explorer un mode d'écriture qui ne ressemble à nul autre. Lire le théâtre I procède à cette exploration.

Lire le théâtre I

Lire le théâtre III: Le dialogue de théâtre

Paul Claudel, poète du Xxe siècle

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Actes-sud

Semiótica teatral: Las influencias de Max Reinhardt y del expresionismo (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Ediciones Cátedra

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