Performing Magic on the Western Stage: F
β Francesca Coppa, Lawrence Hass, James Peck (eds.)
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2008
π Palgrave Macmillan US
π English
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Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
β Scribed by Francesca Coppa, Lawrence Hass, James Peck, Eugene Burger
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- 2008
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- English
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- 255
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Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice. The essays in this interdisciplinary collection analyze the work of numerous western theatrical conjurers and several non-western magical performances in their historical context. Throughout, the contributors link magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality. All of the contributors are connected to the internationally acclaimed Theory and Art of Magic program at Muhlenberg College, through which artists and scholars study the history, theory, and practice of the magical arts.
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