A History of German Theatre

Herausgeber: Hamburger, Maik; Williams, Simon; Maik, Hamburger

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the work of all the leading playwrights, directors, actors and designers throughout the history of German theatre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 901g
• ISBN-13: 9780521833691
• ISBN-10: 0521833698
• Artikelnr.: 25428132

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Maik Hamburger and Simon Williams; 1. German Medieval theatre,
c.10-600 Eckehard Simon; 2. German Baroque theatre and the Wandering
Players, 1500-1750 George Brandt; 3. Classical theatre and the formation of
a civil society, 1720-1832 Anthony Meech; 4. The Realistic theatre and
bourgeois values, 1750-1900 Marvin Carlson; 5. The Romantic spirit in
German theatre, 1790-1910 Simon Williams; 6. The theatre of dissent from
Sturm und Drang to Brecht, 1770-1920 Hilda Meldrum Brown; 7. The rise of
the director, 1850-1939 Christopher Innes; 8. Naturalism, Expressionism and
Brecht: drama in dialogue with modernity, 1890-1960 David Barnett; 9.
Nationalism and its uses in the German theatre, 1790-2000 S. E. Wilmer; 10.
The space of the German theatre William F. Condee with Thomas Irmer; 11.
Revolutions in scenography in the twentieth century Wilhelm Hortmann; 12.
Playwriting in the contemporary German theatre: representation and its
discontents, 1960-2006 David Barnett; 13. Directors and actors in the
contemporary German theatre, 1945-2006 Michael Raab; 14. Patterns in the
German theatre: from Goethe to the present day Erika Fischer-Lichte; 15.
Theater-Treffen 2007 Maik Hamburger and Simon Williams.