《New Readings in Theatre History》是2003年出版的圖書，作者是Bratton, Jacky。
基本介紹
- 外文名：New Readings in Theatre History
- 作者：Bratton, Jacky
- 出版時間：2003年11月
- 頁數：250 頁
- ISBN：9780521791212
- 定價：122.04 美元
內容簡介
Over the last two hundred years some important ways of understanding theatre history have been undervalued or ignored by scholars. Leading theatre historian Jacky Bratton employs new approaches to examine and challenge this development and to discover how theatre history has been chronicled and how it is interpreted. Using a series of case studies from nineteenth-century British theatre, Bratton examines the difference between the existence of 'the drama' (plays and play literature) and 'the stage' (performance, theatre building, and attendance). By rejecting literary history, Bratton experiments with other ways of analysing the past, and the ways that have actually seemed relevant to the people on stage. This book suggests new histories: of theatrical story-telling, of performing families, and of the disregarded dramatic energy of Victorian entertainment. As a result, we gain a new perspective on theatre history, not only for the Romantic and Victorian periods, but for the discipline overall.
