spectating (the act of) gewaarworden One could define a spectator as an observer of an event or a person viewing something. An observer is a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. This awareness is something that should be emphasized in the definition of the spectator of a theatrical performance. Awareness […]
spectator toeschouwer toeschouwer [‘tusxαuwər] (noun); spectator In his article The Emancipated Spectator, philosopher Jacques Rancière claims: “there is no theatre without spectators, be it only a single and hidden one” (271). In Dramaturgy of the Spectator, theatre scholar and professor Marco De Marinis states that a performance text only achieves its fullness through specific actions/operations […]