01358nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000075177 StDuBDS 20170913113216.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091203s2008 enk fo 001 0 eng|d 9780199868186 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PN2039 792.01 22 Woodruff, Paul, 1943- The necessity of theater : the art of watching and being watched / [electronic resource] Paul Woodruff. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 1 online resource (xiii, 257 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. What is unique and essential about theatre? What separates it from other arts? Do we need 'theatre' in some fundamental way? This text analyzes the unique power of theatre by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practised together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Description based on print version record. Theater Philosophy. Gaze. Theater Psychological aspects. Print version 9780195332001 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195332001.001.0001 ddc BK 36488 36488