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    STUDIA DRAMATICA - Issue no. 2 / 2017  
         
  Article:   BOOK REVIEW - SURVIVING CHANGE. ON THE METAMORPHOSES OF THEATRE CRITICISM.

Authors:  ALEXANDRA EMMA PEDESTRU.
 
       
         
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Published Online: 2017-10-31
Published Print: 2017-10-31

pp. 273-276

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Nowadays, when thinking about the practice of theatre criticism, one tends to unknowingly equate it with the ownership of an inherited title, like that of a crown prince in a newly proclaimed republic. Both the unfortunate former future monarch and the critic hold a certain distinction, seeming unapproachable by the commoners, but not quite finding their place in the modern world. A regular theatregoer finds it just as hard to clearly define the role of the professional reviewer as any republican would to yield to the authority of a crownless king. Thus, is a shift of paradigm likely to occur? Can theatre criticism adjust to the ever-changing landscapes of theatre and, even more importantly, journalism? As it happens, the change is already taking place, right before our eyes, and it already constitutes a full-blown phenomenon, thoroughly examined in a comprehensive new book edited by Duška Radosavljević: Theatre Criticism. Changing Landscapes, published by Bloomsbury in 2016.
 
         
     
         
         
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