%0 Journal Article %T For a Theatrical Genetics: assumptions and challenges %A Almuth Gr¨¦sillon %A Marie-Madeleine Mervant-Roux %A Dominique Budor %J Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presen£¿a %D 2013 %I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul %X Is it possible to apply to theatre the genetic method, known and used in the field of literature? A theatrical work is a heterogeneous set of textual and scenic data, an ephemeral and fleeting entity, because every staging ¨C but also every presentation ¨C necessarily produces new modifications: text cuts; variations in body movements; different voice timbres; lighting; the pace of the event, etc. In these conditions, how is it possible to retrace the genesis of the work, among objects of several kinds and with multiple finishes? %K Theatrical Genetics %K Theatre %K Text %K Performance %K Unfinishedness %U http://seer.ufrgs.br/presenca/article/view/36374/26124