Noda Manabu    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Arts and Letters    Position   Professor
Date	2013/11/01
Presentation Theme	"Aren't you even dead yet?" -- Theatre Criticism and Cultural Ownership
Conference	Theatre Critics/Criticism -- Disappearance or Transformation?
Promoters	National Festival of Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Invited	Invited
Details	The paper explored the mission of theatre criticism when it is being threated as a profession, arguing that theatre critics should provide the context so that the audience will not just consume theatre, as there are times when spectators should be told how the thing they see on the stage are different from their lives. The underlying message is that theatre critics should be able to enrich viewing experiences through the awareness of difference.