Woman's Theatrical Space

Woman's Theatrical Space PDF

Author: Hanna Scolnicov

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-07-14

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780521394673

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A historical and comparative study, in which is revealed the changing conventions of the theatrical space as faithful expressions of the changing attitudes to woman and her sexuality.

Art And Politics In The Weimar Period

Art And Politics In The Weimar Period PDF

Author: John Willett

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 1996-08-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780306807244

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The period between the end of World War I and Hitler's ascension to power witnessed an unprecedented cultural explosion that embraced the whole of Europe but was, above all, centered in Germany. Germany housed architect Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus movement; playwrights Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator; artists Hans Richter, George Grosz, John Heartfield, and Hannah Hoch; composers Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schonberg, and Kurt Weill; and dozens of others. In Art and Politics in the Weimar Period , John Willett provides a brilliant explanation of the aesthetic and political currents which made Germany the focal point of a new, down-to-earth, socially committed cultural movement that drew a significant measure of inspiration from revolutionary Russia, left-wing social thought, American technology, and the devastating experience of war.

Brecht on Theatre

Brecht on Theatre PDF

Author: Bertolt Brecht

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0809005425

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Essays of Brecht translated and edited to explain his theories and discussion of his dramatic works.

Postmodern Brecht

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Author: Elizabeth Wright

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-19

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1134833377

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In this radical and deliberately controversial re-reading of Brecht, first published in 1989, Elizabeth Wright takes a new view of the playwright, giving us a more ‘Brechtian’ reading than so far achieved and making his work historically relevant here and now. The author discusses in detail Brecht’s principle theories and concepts in the light of poststructuralist theory, and reassess the aesthetics and politics with regard to Marxist critics of his own day. Wright includes a re-reading of Brecht’s early works, which presents them in relation to a postmodern theatre, and gives critical analyses of the work of Pina Bausch, Robert Wilson, and Heiner Müller, who use the techniques of performance theatre, showing how they deconstruct Brecht’s distinction between illusion and reality and point to a postmodern understanding of their dialectical relation.

Towards a Third Theatre

Towards a Third Theatre PDF

Author: Ian Watson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1134797540

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Eugenio Barba is one of Europe's leading theatre directors, at the forefront of experimental and group theatre for more than twenty years. Ian Watson provides the most comprehensive and systematic study of Barba's work, including his training methods, dramaturgy, productions and theories, as well as his work at the International School of Theatre Anthropology.