Re-Interpreting Brecht

His Influence on Contemporary Drama and Film
Herausgeber: Kleber, Pia; Visser, Colin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers an appraisal of the importance of Bertolt Brecht's theory through the examination of how his plays have been interpreted on stage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780521429009
• ISBN-10: 0521429005
• Artikelnr.: 26184835

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
1. Introduction Pia Kleber
2. Questions concerning Brecht Manfred Wekwerth
3. The origins, aims, and objectives of the Berliner Ensemble Joachim Tenschert
4. Two generations of post-Brechtian playwrights in the German Democratic Republic Rolf Rohmer
5. Productions of Brecht's plays on the West German stage, 1945-1986 Klaus Volker
6. Ups and downs of British Brecht John Willett
7. Crossing the desert: Brecht in France in the eighties Bernard Dort
8. 'His liberty is full of threats to all': Benno Besson's Helsinki Hamlet and Brecht's dialectical appropriation of classic texts Paul Walsh
9. Blocking Brecht Maartern van Dijk
10. Some reflections on Brecht and acting Martin Esslin
11. Brechtian theory and American feminist theatre Karen Laughlin
12. The influence of Brecht on women's cinema in West Germany Renate Möhrmann
13. From anti-illusionism to hyper-realism: Bertolt Brecht and contemporary film Thomas Elsaesser
14. The influence of Brecht Eric Bentley
Notes
Index.