Territorially Based Concepts of Culture and their Effects on the Making and Reception of Theatrical Performances

Abstract

This paper aims to critically analyze and reflect upon the territorially based concepts of culture and their effects on the making and reception of theatrical performances. While it draws upon the concepts of stereotyping, selective perception routes it to the idea of the global village that is coming into force today. It looks at performances like Tim Supple’s adaptation of “The Midsummer Night’s Dreamâ€, Peter Brook’s “Mahabharata†and my own performance “Milestones†as an independent project while in London. As the paper progresses it questions whether it is worth revolving around territorially based concepts of culture, especially in the making and reception of theatrical performances; or since, “every contact leaves a traceâ€, our are cultures not already assimilated with one another along the way, and is it that which theatrical performances rooted in cultures aim at exploring.