This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywood cinema as screened stages.
A screened stage is the literal or metaphorical appearance of a stage on screen. When the Hollywood style emerged in cinema history it traumatically severed the entwined relationship between film and theatre. The book makes the argument that cinema longs for theatre after that separation. The histories of stage and screen persistently crisscross one another making their separation problematic. The screened stage from the end of the nineteenth century until now offers a miniaturized version of cinema and theatre history. Moments of the stage within the screen compress historical styles and movements into saturated representations on film. Such examples overflow the cinematic screen into singular manifestations of presentness. Screened stages uncover what it means to be simultaneously present and absent.
This book would be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, film, dance, and performance.
| ISBN: | 9780367498269 |
| Publication date: | 27th June 2025 |
| Author: | Rachel Joseph |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Performance art Media studies Internet: general works Dance The arts: general topics History |
This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywood cinema as screened stages.
A screened stage is the literal or metaphorical appearance of a stage on screen. When the Hollywood style emerged in cinema history it traumatically severed the entwined relationship between film and theatre. The book makes the argument that cinema longs for theatre after that separation. The histories of stage and screen persistently crisscross one another making their separation problematic. The screened stage from the end of the nineteenth century until now offers a miniaturized version of cinema and theatre history. Moments of the stage within the screen compress historical styles and movements into saturated representations on film. Such examples overflow the cinematic screen into singular manifestations of presentness. Screened stages uncover what it means to be simultaneously present and absent.
This book would be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, film, dance, and performance.
Screened Stages features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Performance art, Media studies, Internet: general works, Dance, The arts: general topics, History
Screened Stages is available in Paperback, Hardback
Screened Stages was written by Rachel Joseph and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Screened Stages has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series
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