ABSTRACT
The following pieces examine the symbolic loading of space from quite different directions. Yi-Fu Tuan (b. 1930) meditates on how performers and spectators establish, empower and experience space. The distinction Robert Weimann draws between two general kinds of dramatic space offers a way of understanding the spatial arrangements of modern performance. Marvin Carlson (b. 1935) looks at the existing symbolic resonance of the space in which performances are situated.
