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| 其他作者 | Reilly, Kara, |
| 說明 | 1 online resource |
| 文字 | text |
| 無媒介 | computer |
| 成冊 | online resource |
| 系列 | Palgrave studies in performance and technology |
| Palgrave studies in performance and technology |
| 附註 | PART I: INTERROGATING HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 1. Heron of Alexandria's 'Toy Theatre' "Automaton": Reality and Illusion; Richard Beacham -- 2. Manufacturing Elephants: the Mythic, the Mechanical and the Credible in Theatre History; Odai Johnson -- 3. Performing Technology, Performing Reality: Steele MacKaye's Actors and Machines; Victor Holtcamp -- 4. Forgotten Wizard: The Scenographic Innovations of Mariano Fortuny; Brandin Barn-Nusbaum -- PART II: INDUSTRIAL BODIES AND DANCE -- 5. Pantomime and Modernity: The Fairy and The Navvy; Kate Newey -- 6. The Tiller Girls: Mass Ornament and Modern Girl; Kara Reilly -- 7. Retro-Engineering; Johannes Birringer -- PART III: PERFORMING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- 8. Shocks and Sparks: Participatory Electrical Performances in the Enlightenment Period'; Ciara Murphy -- 9. Modern Nation and Rural Idyll: Reconciling Progress and Purity through Performance; Naomi J. Stubbs -- 10. Spectres and Spectators: The Poly-Technologies of the Pepper's Ghost Illusion; Beth Kattelman -- 11. Recalling the Theatre Phone; Adrian Curtin -- 12. 'Like Unto A Lively Thing': Early Modern Performance of Artificial Intelligence; Michael Chemers |
| This trans-historical essay collection explores spectacular analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to before the Second World War in a study that is the first of its kind. From Heron of Alexandria's mechanical theatres to the fin de sïcle tȟ́tre phone, from ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, from Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Featuring essays by contributors including Johannes Birringer, Odai Johnson, Kate Newey and Richard Beacham amongst others, the volume is the first book to offer key insights on analogue precursors to contemporary digital performance |
| Description based on print version record |
| 主題 | Theater -- History |
| Theaters -- Special effects |
| Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery |
| PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General |
| Theater. |
| Theaters -- Special effects. |
| Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. |
| Electronic books |
| History. |
| ISBN/ISSN | 1137319674 (electronic bk.) |
| 9781137319678 (electronic bk.) |
