Staging the Screen

GREG GIESEKAM sits on the Board with Ankur Productions and was a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2006. His publications on contemporary British theatre and contemporary performance art include A Descriptive Catalogue of the Archive of the National Review of Live Art (a reference website cataloguing over 200 performances, talks and installations from 1986-1996) and Luvvies and Rude Mechanicals? Amateur and Community Theatre in Scotland (Scottish Arts Council, 2000).

'... of great use to students and scholars seeking either an introduction to the field or descriptions of many of the performances that helped to establish... the territory.' - Matthew Causey, Contemporary Theatre Review

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contamination or Remediation?Magic to Realism: European PioneersPolyscenicness: Josef Svoboda and  Laterna MagikaBig Screen to Small ScreenPostmodern Collage: The Wooster GroupThird-hand Photocopies: Forced EntertainmentLive Films on Stage: The Builders AssociationCrossing the Celluloid Divide: Forkbeard FantasyQuantum Theatre: Station House OperaElectric Campfires: Robert LepageConclusionIndex.