Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre

by Bruce McConachie

Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers.

257 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2008

Reviews

[Marie Trotter · Rating 3 out of 5]

More summary of existing areas of audience scholarship rather than presentation of a new theory, but thoroughly researched and engaging

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's probably great for what it covers, but I just had a hard time engaging with it (no pun intended). Unfortunately, I'm more of a practice-based gal so struggle with theory.