Costume : readings in theatre practice /
Ali Maclaurin and Aoife Monks
- 1st ed
- London : Palgrave, 2015
- x, 173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Readings in theatre practice .
- Readings in theatre practice .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-169) and index
Writing about costume -- The stage picture -- Virtuosity, craft and technique in the work of costume -- Playing the body : costume, stereotypes and modernity in performance -- Artists and the 'scenic body.'
This collection of readings and practitioner interviews examines the role of costume in performance and how it produces, reinforces, or deconstructs identity. Exploring costume in the contexts of key historical periods, artistic movements, people and performances, the authors consider theoretical and practical approaches to the craft