To move from a discussion of the early relationship between theatre and television to an examination of the current situation of live performance is to confront the irony that whereas television initially sought to replicate and, implicitly, to replace live… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with authority and resist such collusion by refusing to establish itself as the charismatic Other. — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
To move from a discussion of the early relationship between theatre and television to an examination of the current situation of live performance is… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
The dilemma of Brechtian performance is that, for all of Brecht's emphasis on rationality and the undermining of theatrical illusion, the actor must convincingly… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
We need to remain alert to what happens to the body when it is mediatised. Too often, the mediatised body is an anaesthetised body.… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
It's impossible to say that live art enjoys any single status in the information age--there are versions of live art that are still primarily… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
If television once could be seen as ranking among a number of vehicles for conveying expression or information from which we could choose, we… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with authority and… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
