How can the solo female performer be rendered present through absence?

Finer, Ella Jean (2009) How can the solo female performer be rendered present through absence? MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

Through both practical and textual research, this thesis explores whether it is possible to be both present and a presence in performance time and space through absence. Within it, I offer a discussion of the concepts of presence and absence, and what they mean in a theatre/performance context, before questioning how present the female physical body can be to an audience, when seen or perceived through a screen, as a shadow form.

• Item Type: Thesis (MPhil(R))
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Keywords: Performance, Women, Presence, Absence, Photography, Shadows, Solo female Theatre-makers
• Subjects: N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
• Colleges/Schools: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies
• Supervisor's Name: Heddon, Dr. Dee and Donald, Ms. Minty
• Date of Award: 2009
• Depositing User: Miss Ella Jean Finer
• Unique ID: glathesis:2009-542
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2009
• Last Modified: 10 Dec 2012 13:19
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/542