Lara Maleen Kipp is an early career researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her PhD at Aberystwyth University engaged in an aesthetic analysis of Howard Barker’s scenography. Previously, she completed a Master’s degree in Practising Theatre & Performance and a joint BA (Hons) in Scenography & Theatre Design and Drama & Theatre Studies. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Two Decades of Scenographic ImaginationApproaching Scenographic Analysis through AestheticsFrom Wagner, Appia, and Craig to Wilson, Goebbels, and BarkerChapter 1: Space and Place1.1. Landscape Plays1.2. Chamber plays:1.3. Conclusion: not nowhere, but… Chapter 2: Light and Darkness 2.1. Chiaroscuro and Side-Lighting2.2. The Ganzfeld effect and the Limits of PerceptionChapter 3: Costume and Styling3.1. Material Matters 3.2. The Body (Un)Dressed 3.3. Grades of Likeness Chapter 4: Sound and Silence 4.1. (In)Human Voices and De-naturalised Sounds4.2. Ubiquity and the End of Meaning ConclusionAppendix ReferencesIndex

Lara Maleen Kipp is an early career researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her PhD at Aberystwyth University engaged in an aesthetic analysis of Howard Barker’s scenography. Previously, she completed a Master’s degree in Practising Theatre & Performance and a joint BA (Hons) in Scenography & Theatre Design and Drama & Theatre Studies. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Two Decades of Scenographic ImaginationApproaching Scenographic Analysis through AestheticsFrom Wagner, Appia, and Craig to Wilson, Goebbels, and BarkerChapter 1: Space and Place1.1. Landscape Plays1.2. Chamber plays:1.3. Conclusion: not nowhere, but… Chapter 2: Light and Darkness 2.1. Chiaroscuro and Side-Lighting2.2. The Ganzfeld effect and the Limits of PerceptionChapter 3: Costume and Styling3.1. Material Matters 3.2. The Body (Un)Dressed 3.3. Grades of Likeness Chapter 4: Sound and Silence 4.1. (In)Human Voices and De-naturalised Sounds4.2. Ubiquity and the End of Meaning ConclusionAppendix ReferencesIndex

Lara Maleen Kipp is an early career researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her PhD at Aberystwyth University engaged in an aesthetic analysis of Howard Barker’s scenography. Previously, she completed a Master’s degree in Practising Theatre & Performance and a joint BA (Hons) in Scenography & Theatre Design and Drama & Theatre Studies. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Two Decades of Scenographic ImaginationApproaching Scenographic Analysis through AestheticsFrom Wagner, Appia, and Craig to Wilson, Goebbels, and BarkerChapter 1: Space and Place1.1. Landscape Plays1.2. Chamber plays:1.3. Conclusion: not nowhere, but… Chapter 2: Light and Darkness 2.1. Chiaroscuro and Side-Lighting2.2. The Ganzfeld effect and the Limits of PerceptionChapter 3: Costume and Styling3.1. Material Matters 3.2. The Body (Un)Dressed 3.3. Grades of Likeness Chapter 4: Sound and Silence 4.1. (In)Human Voices and De-naturalised Sounds4.2. Ubiquity and the End of Meaning ConclusionAppendix ReferencesIndex