{"product_id":"theater-of-lockdown-barbara-fuchs-9781350231825","title":"Theater of Lockdown: Digital and Distanced Performance in a Time of Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffering one of the first scholarly examinations of digital and distanced performance since the global shutdown of theaters in March 2020, Barbara Fuchs provides both a record of the changes and a framework for thinking through theater's transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough born of necessity, recent productions offer a new world of practice, from multi-platform plays on Zoom, WhatsApp, and Instagram, to enhancement via filters and augmented reality, to urban distanced theater that enlivens streetscapes and building courtyards. Based largely outside the commercial theater, these productions transcend geographic and financial barriers to access new audiences, while offering a lifeline to artists. This study charts how virtual theater puts pressure on existing assumptions and definitions, transforming the conditions of both theater-making and viewership. How are participatory, site-specific, or devised theater altered under physical-distancing requirements? How do digital productions blur the line between film and theater? What does liveness mean in a time of pandemic? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its seven chapters, Theater of Lockdown focuses on digital and distanced productions from the Americas, Europe, and Australia, offering scholarly analysis and interviews. Productions examined include Theater in Quarantine's \"closet work\" in New York; Forced Entertainment's (Sheffield, UK), \u003ci\u003eEnd Meeting for All, I, II, and III\u003c\/i\u003e; the work of Madrid-based company Grumelot; and the virtuosic showmanship of EFE Tres in Mexico City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William C. Boles, Barbara Fuchs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350231827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350231825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"William C. Boles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986615075071,"sku":"9781350231825","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e07d472-4857-4adf-9395-d5eead629988.jpg?v=1683284405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theater-of-lockdown-barbara-fuchs-9781350231825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}