Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann

Upon his recent death, this article revisits the major contributions of Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann to contemporary debates on theatre aesthetics. Lehmann’s concept of a postdramatic theatre—that is, a theatre that has moved beyond the central importance of dramatic texts—is surveyed some two decades af...

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Main Author: Joseph Cermatori
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/7210
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description Upon his recent death, this article revisits the major contributions of Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann to contemporary debates on theatre aesthetics. Lehmann’s concept of a postdramatic theatre—that is, a theatre that has moved beyond the central importance of dramatic texts—is surveyed some two decades after he made his primary interventions in the field. The article furthermore reviews Lehmann’s influence in the Anglophone discipline of theatre studies and in the global field of theatre production.
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spelling doaj.art-4353c9eeb90f44e08a20270bba61258a2022-12-28T17:06:12ZdeuUniversità degli Studi di TorinoCoSMO2281-66582022-12-012110.13135/2281-6658/7210Homage to Hans-Thies LehmannJoseph Cermatori Upon his recent death, this article revisits the major contributions of Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann to contemporary debates on theatre aesthetics. Lehmann’s concept of a postdramatic theatre—that is, a theatre that has moved beyond the central importance of dramatic texts—is surveyed some two decades after he made his primary interventions in the field. The article furthermore reviews Lehmann’s influence in the Anglophone discipline of theatre studies and in the global field of theatre production. https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/7210Hans-Thies LehmannPostdramatic TheatreContemporary TheatrePerformanceTheatre Aesthetics
spellingShingle Joseph Cermatori
Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
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title Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
title_full Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
title_fullStr Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
title_full_unstemmed Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
title_short Homage to Hans-Thies Lehmann
title_sort homage to hans thies lehmann
topic Hans-Thies Lehmann
Postdramatic Theatre
Contemporary Theatre
Performance
Theatre Aesthetics
url https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/7210
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