<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In Romania, sociological investigations on theatre are mere illusions that drift further and further away into the sky. In the last 30 years, a few theatres commissioned surveys to measure, as best as they could, the structure and the preferences of their own audience, over shorter (in the case of the 2003 first survey draft at Odeon Theatre, the research lasted no more than one weekend) or longer spans of time (in 2015, at Nottara Theatre, IMAS conducted a survey during a month; the survey applied at the Bucharest National Theatre in 2013 remained a legend, or a rumour rather, as the management treated it with mysterious silence). This paper tries to follow the intentions and the destiny of the researches and surveys dedicated to the theatre sociology by Pavel Câmpeanu and his small team between 1968-1974.</p></abstract>

In Romania, sociological investigations on theatre are mere illusions that drift further and further away into the sky. In the last 30 years, a few theatres commissioned surveys to measure, as best as they could, the structure and the preferences of their own audience, over shorter (in the case of the 2003 first survey draft at Odeon Theatre, the research lasted no more than one weekend) or longer spans of time (in 2015, at Nottara Theatre, IMAS conducted a survey during a month; the survey applied at the Bucharest National Theatre in 2013 remained a legend, or a rumour rather, as the management treated it with mysterious silence). This paper tries to follow the intentions and the destiny of the researches and surveys dedicated to the theatre sociology by Pavel Câmpeanu and his small team between 1968-1974.

Sociology and Theatre, A Too Short Beginning. Pavel Câmpeanu’s Studies

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia

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In Romania, sociological investigations on theatre are mere illusions that drift further and further away into the sky. In the last 30 years, a few theatres...

Sociology and Theatre, A Too Short Beginning. Pavel Câmpeanu’s Studies

Published Online: Aug 09, 2019

Page range: 35 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2019-0002

Keywords
Sociology, Theatre History, Television, Audience Studies

© 2019 Miruna Runcan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sociology and Theatre, A Too Short Beginning. Pavel Câmpeanu’s Studies

Published Online: Aug 09, 2019

Page range: 35 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2019-0002

KeywordsSociology, Theatre History, Television, Audience Studies

© 2019 Miruna Runcan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sociology, Theatre History, Television, Audience Studies