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Playing the other : dramatizing personal narratives in playback theatre / Nick Rowe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007Description: 208 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1843104210
  • 9781843104216
Other title:
  • Playing the other : Dramatising personal narratives in playback theatre
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.022 22
LOC classification:
  • PN2071.I5 R69 2007
Contents:
Ch. 1. Setting the scene -- Ch. 2. Openness and ethics -- Ch. 3. Personal stories in public places -- Ch. 4. Narratives and memory work -- Ch. 5. A very different kind of dialogue : the symbolic in playback theatre -- Ch. 6. On 'the narrow ridge' : the performers' response to the story -- Ch. 7. The exploration of occasion : improvisation and playback theatre -- Ch. 8. The ensemble -- Ch. 9. The ethical limitations of playback performing -- Ch. 10. Reflexivity and the personal story : playback theatre as social intervention -- Ch. 11. Concluding thoughts -- App. 1. Playback theatre : a short story -- App. 2. 'Short forms' used in playback theatre.
Summary: "This book is an exploration and critique of 'playback theatre', a form of improvised theatre in which a company of performers spontaneously enact autobiographical stories told to them by members of the audience."--Jacket.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 792.028 ROW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A372760B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Ch. 1. Setting the scene -- Ch. 2. Openness and ethics -- Ch. 3. Personal stories in public places -- Ch. 4. Narratives and memory work -- Ch. 5. A very different kind of dialogue : the symbolic in playback theatre -- Ch. 6. On 'the narrow ridge' : the performers' response to the story -- Ch. 7. The exploration of occasion : improvisation and playback theatre -- Ch. 8. The ensemble -- Ch. 9. The ethical limitations of playback performing -- Ch. 10. Reflexivity and the personal story : playback theatre as social intervention -- Ch. 11. Concluding thoughts -- App. 1. Playback theatre : a short story -- App. 2. 'Short forms' used in playback theatre.

"This book is an exploration and critique of 'playback theatre', a form of improvised theatre in which a company of performers spontaneously enact autobiographical stories told to them by members of the audience."--Jacket.

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