The director and the stage: from naturalism to Grotowski 9780413463005, 9781408149256, 9781408149249, 0413463001, 1408149257
Beginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
1. The Meiningen Theatre......Page 12
2. Antoine and the Théâtre Libre......Page 23
3. The Symbolist Theatre......Page 38
4. Alfred Jarry......Page 52
5. Stanislavsky and Chekhov......Page 60
6. Edward Gordon Craig......Page 78
7. Max Reinhardt in Germany and Austria......Page 96
8. Meyerhold: The First Five Years......Page 110
9. Meyerhold: Theatre as Propaganda......Page 131
10. Piscator in Berlin......Page 146
11. Brecht's Formative Years......Page 163
12. Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty......Page 181
13. Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre......Page 192
Afterword......Page 202
Notes......Page 204
E......Page 216
M......Page 217
T......Page 218
Z......Page 219
