[Fwd: The Stage Represented: Images and Iconography of the Theatre]

[Luella Massey]

Luella Massey wrote:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        September 29, 2004
> Contact: Robin Whittaker
>
> The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama
> (University of Toronto)
> Presents
>
> The Stage Represented:
> Images and Iconography of the Theatre
>
> ~ October 21 - 23, 2004 ~
>
> In October, the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for Study of
> Drama, together with the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies and with
> the support of the Connaught Committee, will host The Stage Represented:
> Images and Iconography of the Theatre. This INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
> will be held October 21-23 in Toronto at the Robert Gill Theatre, 214
> College Street, 3rd Floor.
>
> The Stage Represented will examine visual representations of the theatre
> and theatricality, an important aspect of visual studies and theatre
> history that has received intensified attention during the past two
> decades.  From ancient Greek vase paintings to twentieth-century
> photography and recent digital media, pictorial material has provided
> crucial evidence about the place and function of theatre. Though
> traditionally regarded as illustrations recording events, pictures are
> now understood to be more complex documents with their own conventions
> and interpretive challenges. The main objective of this
> interdisciplinary conference is to address a wide range of historical
> periods and varieties of evidence. It will also encourage debate among
> specialists in particular areas and stimulate comparative thinking and
> theoretical approaches.
>
> The meeting will bring together prominent scholars in the field of
> theatre iconography from Britain, continental Europe, the United States
> and Canada. A keynote address will be given by Professor Cesare Molinari
> of the University of Florence, a leading authority in European theatre
> history. Other speakers will include: Laura Caretti, University of
> Siena; Jim Davis, University of Warwick; M.A. Katritzky, Open
> University; David Mayer, University of Manchester; Laurence Senelick,
> Tufts University; Shearer West, University of Birmingham; Alan Young,
> Acadia University; Meredith Chilton, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
> Toronto; Leslie Thomson, University of Toronto; Stephen Johnson,
> University of Toronto; Domenico Pietropaolo, University of Toronto;
> Martin Revermann, University of Toronto; Alexandra  Johnston, University
> of Toronto; and Joe Sokalski, McMaster University.
>
> The Stage Represented: Images and Iconography of the Theatre
> October 21 - 23, 2004
> Registration and Information: http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca or
> 416-978-7986.
> $40/$15 students & seniors
> University of Toronto Students Free.
>
> Co-Convenors
> John H. Astington and Clarissa Hurley
> Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto
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