Review of Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction, and: Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader

Authors

T. Fulton Burns, Marshall UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

3-2010

Abstract

Simon Murray (Director of Theatre at Dartington College of Arts) and John Keefe (Senior lecturer at the London Metropolitan University Undergraduate Centre) offer the theatre world two movement analysis texts. These well written books, which focus on techniques from the Western world of physical theatre, would serve graduate level or highly focused classes in movement pedagogy or practice. With their identical six-chapter breakdowns (“Genesis, Contexts, Namings”; “Roots: Routes”; “Contemporary Practices”; “Preparation and Training”; “Physicality and the Word”; “Bodies and Cultures”), the books may be used in relation to one another or stand alone as individual texts.

Comments

The copy of record is available at https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.0.0092. Copyright © 2010 Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Burns, T. Fulton. Review of Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction, and: Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader. Theatre Topics, vol. 20 no. 1, 2010, p. 85-86. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/tt.0.0092.