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The Chemistry of the Theatre

Performativity of Time

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  • © 2010

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  1. Jerzy Limon
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Chemistry of the Theatre

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Reading the Elements and Compounds

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 3-20

    3. The Chemical Formulas of Blending

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 21-46

    4. Chemical Reactions, or Blending the Components

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 47-67

  3. The Chemical Laboratory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Sculpting the Space, or the Retorts at Play

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 71-98

    3. Sculpting the Time, or the Magical Binder

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 99-123

    4. Sculpting the Language, or Stage Speech

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 124-143

    5. Sculpting the Body, or Embodied Time

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 144-164

  4. Retorts of Time: Temporal Conventions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Soliloquies and Asides: Who’s There?

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 167-188

    3. Theatre-Within-the-Theatre, or Time-Within-the-Time

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 189-208

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Jerzy Limon
      Pages 209-211

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 212-246
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About this book

This innovative, theoretical work focuses on temporal issues in theatre and the 'chemistry' of theatre - the ways in which a variety of factors in performance combine to make up what we call 'theatre'. Discussing a range of canonical plays, from Shakespeare to Beckett, the book makes a unique contribution to theatre and performance studies.

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This is a truly groundbreaking account of theater's chemistry, especially as it relates to time, space, and affect. Having been the Artistic Director of the Gda?sk International Shakespeare Festival for over 14 years, where many of the world's best theatre companies and directors present their work, Limon really knows contemporary theater. He brings this knowledge to this book with remarkable ingenuity and eloquence. The Chemistry of the Theatre is a spectacular accomplishment and a major contribution to theatre studies. - Professor Bryan Reynolds, University of California, Irvine, USA

About the author

JERZY LIMON is Professor at the English Institute, University of Gda?sk, Poland. He has published widely on various topics, including three academic books published in English (Gentlemen of a Company, Dangerous Matter, and The Masque of Stuart Culture), and five books that have appeared in Polish; the list of publications includes also over a hundred articles. His most recent works include a book on the theory of 'television theatre', Obroty przestrzeni (Moving Spaces), and articles in such journals as Theatre Research International, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, Journal of Drama Theory and Criticism, New Theatre Quarterly and Cahiers Élisabéthains.  Limon's literary output includes four published novels and translations of plays by William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Philip Massinger and Tom Stoppard. He also runs a theatre project in Gda?sk, which aims at reconstructing an Elizabethan-in-style theatre there, and organizes an annual International Shakespeare Festival.

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