Performance and Cognition

<p>This anthology is the first of its kind. In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on theatre studies - with applications for dramatic criticism performance analysis acting practice audience response theatre history and other important areas - the book sets the agenda for future work helping to map the emergence of this new approach. </p> <p>Following a comprehensive introduction the contributors examine: </p> <ul> <li>the interfaces between cognitive studies and Lacanian psychoanalysis phenomenology and communication theory</li> <li>different ideas from cognitive studies that open up the meanings of several plays</li> <li>the process of acting and the work of Antonio Damasio</li> <li>theatrical response: the dynamics of perception and the riots that greeted the 1907 production of <em>The Playboy of the Western World</em>.</li> <p></p></ul> <p>This original and authoritative work will be attractive to scholars and graduate students of drama theatre and performance. </p>