Theatre-fiction refers to novels and stories that focus on theatre - its people, practices and industries.[1] Characters often include actors, playwrights, directors, prompters, understudies, set designers, critics, or casting agents. Common settings may include theatre auditoriums, dressing rooms, rehearsal spaces, or other places in which theatre is created and performed. Theatre-fiction may engage with and represent many different varieties of theatre, from performances of Shakespearean tragedy to Kabuki theatre to pantomime.
Critics such as Lisa Jackson-Schebetta[2] and Stefano Boselli have discussed the value of theatre-fiction in contributing to our understanding of theatre's histories and medial complexities. As Boselli writes, "Since theatre tends to give more weight to the expressive sphere, often deliberately obscuring the real lives and troubles of the artists involved, one of the roles of theatre-fiction is to provide access not just to a backstage dimension that may chronologically overlap with the creative process or the performance itself but also to a broader historical awareness that embraces the multitude of agents, from living beings to material entities, that contribute to what is shown in front of the audience."[3]
Further readingedit
Allen, Emily. Theater Figures: The Production of the Nineteenth-Century British Novel. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2003.
Dickinson, Linzy Erika. Theatre in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine. Amsterdam: Brill, 2000.
Jouanny, Sylvie. L'actrice et ses doubles: figures et représentations de la femme de spectacle à la fin de XIXe siècle. Genève: Droz, 2002.
Miller, Renata Kobetts. The Victorian Actress in the Novel and on the Stage. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2020.
Newark, Cormac. Opera in the Novel From Balzac to Proust. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2011.
Russell, Gillian. “The Novel and the Stage.” Oxford History of the Novel in English, vol. 2, English and British Fiction 1750-1820, edited by Peter Garside and Karen O’Brien, Oxford UP, 2015, pp. 513–529.
Wolfe, Graham. "Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal: Theatrical Fantasy and the Gaze." Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 49.3 (2016): 91–108.
Wolfe, Graham, editor. The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction. New York: Routledge, 2023.
Wolfe, Graham. "Theatrical Extraneity: John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany and Dickensian Theatre-Fiction." Dickens Quarterly 35.4 (2018): 350–372.
Wolfe, Graham. Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing: Writing in the Wings. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Referencesedit
^ Wolfe, Graham (2020). Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing: Writing in the Wings. Routledge. p. 2. ISBN9781000124361.
^ Jackson-Schebetta, Lisa (2023). "Theatre-Fiction-History: The Personal and Professional Industry of Theatre in Rojas's El viaje entretenido". In Wolfe, Graham (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction. Routledge. pp. 29–41. ISBN9781032069906.
^Boselli, Stefano (2023). "Echoes of Theatre Past: Blasco Ibañez's El comediante Fonseca and Cozarinsky's El rufián moldavo". In Wolfe, Graham (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction. Routledge. pp. 54–66. ISBN9781032069906.
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theatre, fiction, refers, novels, stories, that, focus, theatre, people, practices, industries, characters, often, include, actors, playwrights, directors, prompters, understudies, designers, critics, casting, agents, common, settings, include, theatre, audito. Theatre fiction refers to novels and stories that focus on theatre its people practices and industries 1 Characters often include actors playwrights directors prompters understudies set designers critics or casting agents Common settings may include theatre auditoriums dressing rooms rehearsal spaces or other places in which theatre is created and performed Theatre fiction may engage with and represent many different varieties of theatre from performances of Shakespearean tragedy to Kabuki theatre to pantomime Critics such as Lisa Jackson Schebetta 2 and Stefano Boselli have discussed the value of theatre fiction in contributing to our understanding of theatre s histories and medial complexities As Boselli writes Since theatre tends to give more weight to the expressive sphere often deliberately obscuring the real lives and troubles of the artists involved one of the roles of theatre fiction is to provide access not just to a backstage dimension that may chronologically overlap with the creative process or the performance itself but also to a broader historical awareness that embraces the multitude of agents from living beings to material entities that contribute to what is shown in front of the audience 3 Further reading editAllen Emily Theater Figures The Production of the Nineteenth Century British Novel Columbus Ohio State UP 2003 Dickinson Linzy Erika Theatre in Balzac s La Comedie Humaine Amsterdam Brill 2000 Jouanny Sylvie L actrice et ses doubles figures et representations de la femme de spectacle a la fin de XIXe siecle Geneve Droz 2002 Miller Renata Kobetts The Victorian Actress in the Novel and on the Stage Edinburgh Edinburgh UP 2020 Newark Cormac Opera in the Novel From Balzac to Proust Cambridge Cambridge UP 2011 Russell Gillian The Novel and the Stage Oxford History of the Novel in English vol 2 English and British Fiction 1750 1820 edited by Peter Garside and Karen O Brien Oxford UP 2015 pp 513 529 Wolfe Graham Eleanor Catton s The Rehearsal Theatrical Fantasy and the Gaze Mosaic A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 49 3 2016 91 108 Wolfe Graham editor The Routledge Companion to Theatre Fiction New York Routledge 2023 Wolfe Graham Theatrical Extraneity John Irving s A Prayer for Owen Meany and Dickensian Theatre Fiction Dickens Quarterly 35 4 2018 350 372 Wolfe Graham Theatre Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing Writing in the Wings New York Routledge 2019 References edit Wolfe Graham 2020 Theatre Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing Writing in the Wings Routledge p 2 ISBN 9781000124361 Jackson Schebetta Lisa 2023 Theatre Fiction History The Personal and Professional Industry of Theatre in Rojas s El viaje entretenido In Wolfe Graham ed The Routledge Companion to Theatre Fiction Routledge pp 29 41 ISBN 9781032069906 Boselli Stefano 2023 Echoes of Theatre Past Blasco Ibanez s El comediante Fonseca and Cozarinsky s El rufian moldavo In Wolfe Graham ed The Routledge Companion to Theatre Fiction Routledge pp 54 66 ISBN 9781032069906 nbsp This literature related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Theatre fiction amp oldid 1184564406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
