Publication: El lenguaje de la puesta en escena: el texto teatral, un texto escrito por muchas manos
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2001
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La aparente sencillez del teatro esconde una gran complejidad. El espectáculo teatral es un
texto escrito por muchas manos. El encuentro entre el actor, que interpreta el texto previo de
un dramaturgo, y el espectador requiere la complicidad de éste. El espectáculo se completa
precisamente porque el espectador conoce y acepta la convención teatral y participa de ella a
través de lo que se ha llamado la suspensión de la incredulidad. Pero también el actor rellena
los huecos que ofrece un texto. Su fisico, su voz, su edad, su apostura fisica construyen una
historia que sólo de una manera esquemática adivinábamos en el texto. La elección del actor
y su trabajo condicionan al dramaturgo cuando escribe y, a la vez, estos elementos están condicionados
precisamente por el imaginario colectivo del espectador. Desde hace un siglo hay
que añadir a este esquema la figura del director, a quien hoy consideramos el principal
creador del espectáculo, hasta el punto de que se habla ya de los derechos de autor de la dirección
de escena.
Seemingly, theatre appears to be simple, but it hides a great complexity. Performance is a text written by many hands. The meeting between the actor, who plays a previous text, and the audience requires the complicity of the latter. The show completes itself through the audience's knowledge of theatre conventions, and its willing participating in the suspension of disbelief. But the actor also filling in the holes found in all dramatical works. His physical presence, voice and age build up a story that was somehow unfinished in the written text. The choice of the actor and his performance determine the author's performance as well; moreover, all these factors are conditioned by the collective imagination of the audience. Since the beginning of the last century, the director of the play has appeared to be the main creator behind the show, so much so that it is even argued that there should be a copyright for the mise en scéne.
Seemingly, theatre appears to be simple, but it hides a great complexity. Performance is a text written by many hands. The meeting between the actor, who plays a previous text, and the audience requires the complicity of the latter. The show completes itself through the audience's knowledge of theatre conventions, and its willing participating in the suspension of disbelief. But the actor also filling in the holes found in all dramatical works. His physical presence, voice and age build up a story that was somehow unfinished in the written text. The choice of the actor and his performance determine the author's performance as well; moreover, all these factors are conditioned by the collective imagination of the audience. Since the beginning of the last century, the director of the play has appeared to be the main creator behind the show, so much so that it is even argued that there should be a copyright for the mise en scéne.
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Litterae : Cuadernos de cultura escrita. ISSN: 1578-5130. Año I 2001 n. 1 pp. 193--202