Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre

Engaging Audiences provides an insightful introduction to spectatorship from the perspective of cognitive studies. Using performances of several plays and a wide array of scientific evidence, McConachie examines the dynamics of conscious attention, mental concepts, empathy, emotion, and culture in theatregoing. This ground-breaking study challenges many of the current theories used to understand spectators and is a valuable resource to artists and scholars interested in how and why audiences enjoy performance.

Author: B. McConachie
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230609884

About the Author
BRUCE McOCNACHIE is Professor and Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

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