This volume surveys and assesses the contributions of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht to theatre-making, which richly exemplify the range of ways that directors address dramatic material, theatrical space and their audiences. Their directorial work marks an unmistakeable interest in developing the political potential of theatre in the early 20th century, although each director offered more to their actors, collaborators and spectators than simply the staging of politics and the political.
This volume surveys and assesses the contributions of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht to theatre-making, which richly exemplify the range of ways that directors address dramatic material, theatrical space and their audiences. Their directorial work marks an unmistakeable interest in developing the political potential of theatre in the early 20th century, although each director offered more to their actors, collaborators and spectators than simply the staging of politics and the political.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Barnett is Professor of Theatre at the University of York, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction to the Series Simon Shepherd (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama UK) Introduction to Volume 2 David Barnett (University of York UK) Vsevolod Meyerhold 1. Educating the Director: Meyerhold's Pedagogy for a Theatre of Conventions Bryan Brown and Olya Petrakova (University of Exeter UK) 2. Directing Theatrical Space: Meyerhold's Reconstruction of the Theatre Amy Skinner (University of Hull UK) Erwin Piscator 3. Erwin Piscator: Staging Politics in the Weimar Republic Minou Arjomand (University of Texas at Austin USA) 4. Moving Theatre Back to the Spotlight: Erwin Piscator's Later Stage Work Klaus Wannemacher (freelance writer Germany) Bertolt Brecht 5. Brecht as Corrector: Directing Away From Conventional Theatre David Barnett (University of York UK) 6. Brecht's Perspectives Then and Now: Class Gender and the Social Stakes of Performance Meg Mumford (UNSW Sydney Australia) Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction to the Series Simon Shepherd (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama UK) Introduction to Volume 2 David Barnett (University of York UK) Vsevolod Meyerhold 1. Educating the Director: Meyerhold's Pedagogy for a Theatre of Conventions Bryan Brown and Olya Petrakova (University of Exeter UK) 2. Directing Theatrical Space: Meyerhold's Reconstruction of the Theatre Amy Skinner (University of Hull UK) Erwin Piscator 3. Erwin Piscator: Staging Politics in the Weimar Republic Minou Arjomand (University of Texas at Austin USA) 4. Moving Theatre Back to the Spotlight: Erwin Piscator's Later Stage Work Klaus Wannemacher (freelance writer Germany) Bertolt Brecht 5. Brecht as Corrector: Directing Away From Conventional Theatre David Barnett (University of York UK) 6. Brecht's Perspectives Then and Now: Class Gender and the Social Stakes of Performance Meg Mumford (UNSW Sydney Australia) Notes Bibliography Index
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