9781137319678 (electronic bk.)

1137319674 (electronic bk.)

9781137319661

1137319666

9781349457427

1349457426

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Palgrave studies in performance and technology

Introduction / Kara Reilly

Part I. Interrogating Historiography: 1. Heron of Alexandria's 'Toy Theatre' Automaton: Reality, allusion and illusion / Richard Beacham; 2. Manufacturing Elephants: Technologies of Knowledge in Theatre History / Odai Johnson; 3. Performing Technology, Performing Reality: Buffalo Bill and Steele MacKaye's The Drama of Civilization / Victor Holtcamp; 4. Forgotten Wizard: The Scenographic Innovations of Mariano Fortuny / Brandin Barón-Nusbaum

Part II. Industrial Bodies and Dance: 5. Fairies and Sylphs: Femininity, Technology and Technique / Katherine Newey; 6. The Tiller Girls: Mass Ornament and Modern Girl / Kara Reilly; 7. Retro-Engineering: Wearable Sound / Johannes Birringer

Part III. Performing Science and Technology: 8. Shocks and Sparks: Participatory Electrical Performances in the Enlightenment Period / Ciara Murphy; 9. Modern Nation and Rural Idyll: Reconciling Progress and Purity through Performance / Naomi J. Stubbs; 10. Spectres and Spectators: The Poly-Technologies of the Pepper's Ghost Illusion / Beth A. Kattelman; 11. Recalling the Theatre Phone / Adrian Curtin; 12. 'Lyke Unto A Lively Thing': Theatre History and Social Robotics / Michael M. Chemers.

Theater > History.

Theaters > Special effects.

Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery.

ProQuest (Firm)