1 Beginnings: Being There -- Touching hands with Being -- What is phenomenology? -- Performance and phenomenology -- Philosophers on stage -- Mapping the self -- 2 Phenomenology: Being-in-the-World -- Some background terms -- Space and bodies -- The history of Being -- Destruktion and the text -- From theory to practice -- Observe a walk -- Observe stillness -- Scrutinize an object -- Chart a place well known to you -- Unpack a place where you feel at home -- Dissect a familiar activity -- Describe a person -- Recount a time when you struggled to communicate -- Demonstrate a moment when you had an unusual experience of time -- Stage a life choice -- Recreate the instant in which your life was threatened -- Text-Character-Performance -- 3 Being-with Others: The Cherry Orchard -- Equipment -- Involvement -- Touch -- Being elsewhere -- Other people -- 4 Authenticity and Freedom: Antigone -- Falling -- Moods and faring -- Thrownness and projection -- Fate and destiny -- 5 Time and Resoluteness: Hamlet -- Timeliness -- Having a history -- Being-a-whole -- Resoluteness -- Being-towards-death -- 6 Possibilities: Aletheia -- On the essence of truth in theatre -- Poetry, language, theatre -- Building, dwelling, theatre -- The question concerning theatre technology -- Ereignis -- References -- Index

"This book explores how phenomenology – the study of how the world shows itself to conscious experience – can provide new insights into acting and theatre-making. It explores Being-in-the-world in everyday life with practical exercises for rehearsal and performance." - förläggarens hemsida