Theatre Audiences

by Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now
`nBL a new preface by the author
• a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre
• a revised up-to-date bibliography
Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre.

Genres: Theatre, Nonfiction

264 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

Reviews

[Salli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was brilliant, an easy read because it is not so full of academic language it cannot be understood and because it was full of examples I had heard of and/or could relate to. I've no doubt if I was academic I would have some clever criticism of its attitudes etc but as my first serious detailed read of the subject matter it seemed sensible and understandable.

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent place to start looking at audience theory.

[Chloe Cunliffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful for my undergraduate degree in Drama, Theatre and Performance

[Martha]

Good overview of the topic, nice balance between theory and analysis of specific situations. Read to refresh my memory on this scholarship in preparation to teach a class this fall.