A Formalist Theatre

Michael Kirby

1987 | 178 pages | Cloth $36.95 | Paper $22.50

Table of Contents

PART ONE: FORMALIST ANALYSIS
Chapter one. Acting and Not-acting
Chapter two. The Structure of Performance
Chapter three. Referential and Nonreferential Theatre
Chapter four. Style as Perceptual State

PART TWO: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
Chapter five. The Critical Screen
Chapter six. The Question of Efficacy
Chapter seven. Avant-garde Theatre

PART THREE: STRUCTURALIST THEATRE
Chapter eight. The Structuralist Workshop
Chapter nine. Three Structuralist Performances
Chapter ten. Structuralist Film

Index