The director and the stage : from naturalism to Grotowski /

"Beginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century - Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Artuaud and Grotowski. Braun's guide is more practical than theoreti...

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Main Author: Braun, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 1982.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Abstract with links to full text
Table of Contents:
  • The Meiningen theatre
  • Antoine and the théâtre libre
  • The symbolist theatre
  • Alfred Jarry
  • Stanislavsky and Chekhov
  • Edward Gordon Craig
  • Max Reinhardt in Germany and Austria
  • Meyerhold: the first five years
  • Meyerhold: theatre as propaganda
  • Piscator in Berlin
  • Brecht's formative years
  • Artaud's theatre of cruelty
  • Grotowski's laboratory theatre / [by Jennifer Kumiega].