TY - BOOK AU - Woodruff,Paul TI - The necessity of theater: the art of watching and being watched SN - 9780199868186 (ebook) : AV - PN2039 U1 - 792.01 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Theater KW - Philosophy KW - Gaze KW - Psychological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - What is unique and essential about theatre? What separates it from other arts? Do we need 'theatre' in some fundamental way? This text analyzes the unique power of theatre by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practised together in harmony by watchers and the watched UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195332001.001.0001 ER -