Spectatorship and the Real in French Contemporary Theatre by ... - 9781350300873

Spectatorship and the Real in French Contemporary TheatreAuthor(s): Amlie Mons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350300873, 978-1350300873\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how avant-garde directors in French theatre play on their audiences frustration to generate an encounter with the real.\n\n Focusing on the work of directors such as Gisle Vienne, Jan Lauwers, Rodrigo Garcia, Jan Fabre and Romeo Castellucci, the book looks at how these directors manipulate their audiences to experience a raw perception of materiality and physical bodies on stage, set within narratives of mystery and the uncanny. This approach has led to these directors' work described as 'obscene', 'pretentious', 'demagogic' and 'provocative'.\n\n Because of this, the act of spectating and the nature of spectatorship itself becomes complicated and tends to leave French audiences doubting traditional codes and practices. It leads to the direct.