{"product_id":"livecasting-in-twenty-first-century-british-theatre-heidi-lucja-liedke-9781350340961","title":"Livecasting in Twenty-First-Century British Theatre: NT Live and the Aesthetics of Spectacle, Materiality and Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis significant contribution to the study of the live and recorded broadcasting of stage plays focuses on National Theatre Live a decade after its launch in 2009. Assessing livecasting through the concepts of spectacle, materiality and engagement, it examines the role played by audiences in livecasting. Illustrated by in-depth analyses of recent NT Live shows, including \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), the book is complemented by insights from practitioners involved in the making of the livecasts. Finally, livecasting is contextualized within recently emerged forms of Covidian (virtual) theatre during the pandemic in order to offer some thoughts on the future of the genre of theatrical performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining lively analyses of recent theatre performances with auto-ethnographic accounts, Heidi Lucja Liedke turns to 20th-century thinkers such as Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht in order to understand livecasting's place in a continuum of developments taking place on the borders of media, film and performance for the past 100 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs well as embedding livecasting in its historical context of 19th-century electrophone technology, Liedke assesses its position in contemporary discourses on the meaning of theatre for spectators in the pre- and post-pandemic moment, and points towards the form's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heidi Lucja Liedke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350340960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350340961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Heidi Lucja Liedke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46670530511103,"sku":"9781350340961","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/livecasting-in-twenty-first-century-british-theatre-heidi-lucja-liedke-9781350340961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}