Books in the Theatre and Consciousness series

How to account for the designer's combination of creativity and practical skill? What part does mental imagination play in the design process? How do designers get their own spatial awareness across to their spectators? How does theatre affect the spectator? Why do spectators react as they do? How do distance and suspension of.

Theatre, Time and Temporality is the first book-length exploration of the subject of temporality within theatre and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theatre to contemporary performances to analyse ways that time can be presented, communicated and transformed in the theatre.