Description:
Uncovers the ways in which the spectator's memory informs theatrical reception
Review Quotes: "The theater ghost--whether it takes the form of the celebrity-possessed dramatic character (as in Kelsey Grammer's Macbeth), or the character-possessed celebrity (as in Rip Van Winkle's Joseph Jefferson), or the fixed locality of the Noh stage or the periodically returning scene in Tate Wilkinson's memoir--is an uncanny manifestation of the theatre's role as the caretaker of cultural memory. This is a wonderful book that will make a superb addition to scholarship in the field of theatre and performance."
--Joseph Roach, Yale University
--Joseph Roach, Yale University (1/27/2003 12:00:00 AM)