Visualising Lost Theatres (eBook)

Virtual Praxis and the Recovery of Performance Spaces

Jonathan Bollen, Julie Holledge, Joanne Tompkins, Liyang Xia (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-75281-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This pioneering study harnesses virtual reality to uncover the history of five venues that have been 'lost' to us: London's 1590s Rose Theatre; Bergen's mid-nineteenth-century Komediehuset; Adelaide's Queen's Theatre of 1841; circus tents hosting Cantonese opera performances in Australia's goldfields in the 1850s; and the Stardust showroom in 1950s Las Vegas. Shaping some of the most enduring genres of world theatre and cultural production, each venue marks a significant cultural transformation, charted here through detailed discussion of theatrical praxis and socio-political history. Using virtual models as performance laboratories for research, Visualising Lost Theatres recreates the immersive feel of venues and reveals performance logistics for actors and audiences. Proposing a new methodology for using visualisations as a tool in theatre history, and providing 3D visualisations for the reader to consult alongside the text, this is a landmark contribution to the digital humanities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• ISBN-10: 1-108-75281-0 / 1108752810
• ISBN-13: 978-1-108-75281-7 / 9781108752817