Rowen, Bess
The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect Embodiment
- ISBN 13:
- 9780472054367
- author:
- Rowen, Bess
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- The University of Michigan Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.44 kg
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Performing Arts, Theater,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect Embodiment by Bess Rowen explores the often-overlooked world of stage directions in playwriting. These italicized lines, written between spoken dialogue, hold significant information about a play's genre, mood, tone, and more. However, their purpose has been misunderstood, with some viewing them as records of past performances or signs of controlling playwrights. In reality, stage directions can be much more than this. They can engage readers, production teams, and scholars in a process of embodied creation to determine meaning. Author Bess Rowen introduces the concept of "affective stage directions," which reach out from the page and affect the bodies of those who encounter them. This approach allows for individual interpretations based on cultural experience, geographic location, and identity-markers. By examining over one-hundred years of American playwriting, Rowen reveals how playwrights have used stage directions to create a more inclusive and diverse range of embodied identities. This book provides insight into the power of language to shape our understanding of the world on stage.
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