The uncapturable : the fleeting art of theatre / Rub�en Szuchmacher ; translated by William Gregory.

Translated from the Spanish.

Introduction -- Object and Action (1 & 2) -- Part One The Arts in the Mise en Sc�ne Architecture The Historical Features of Spaces The Shape of Space The Effective Space Visual Art The Awareness of the Eye The Visual and its Costs The Eye of the Beholder Sound Art How Long Does Something Last? Music Sound versus Noise Acoustic Sound and Amplified Sound Voices Literature Words Language The Hypothesis of Performance Texts to be Read and Texts to be Heard Text Analysis -- Part Two The Place of the Director Who Directs? The Uncapturable (1 and 2) The Director's Word Teamwork The Director and their Place as Spectator Danger in the Performing Arts Questions Simultaneity Art or Entertainment Tours and Transfers Actors at the Centre of the System The Arbitrary and the Law Friction -- Acknowledgements

"The Uncapturable is a wide-ranging reflection on the art of the mise en sc�ne from the perspective of leading Argentinian theatre director Rub�n Szuchmacher. It offers a timely and concise, though comprehensive, survey of the role and responsibility of the theatre director from the earliest times to the twenty-first century. Szuchmacher defines theatre as the confluence of four art forms - architecture, visual art, sound and literature - whose works only truly exist in the moment of encounter with an audience. He argues that, by taking full account of these four art forms, analysing them in detail and engaging thoughtfully with the many specialists who come together to bring a mise en sc�ne into being, the director of today can still create work that innovates and inspires. The Uncapturable is as valuable to the apprentice director emerging from their training as it is to the veteran in need of fresh reflection. Szuchmacher draws on the unique learnings gleaned from working in Argentina, be it the impact on theatre of politics, the need for inventiveness in times of hardship, the phenomenon of Argentine 'circus theatre' or the adaptation of literary giants such as Borges, affording the Anglophone reader an alternative perspective on the ideas of theatre we often take for granted. Szuchmacher offers a unique blend of global knowledge, historical awareness and a pragmatic, resourceful and creative approach from a theatre artist working in Latin American through decades of change. The book is translated from the Spanish by William Gregory."-- Provided by publisher

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