Author: Antonin ArtaudPublisher:
ISBN: 9780802141392
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Theater and Its Double
Author: Antonin ArtaudPublisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802150301
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, in which the French artist and philosopher attacks conventional assumptions about the drama, and calls for the influx of irrational material - based on dreams, religion, and emotion - in order to make the theater vital for modern audiences.
Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880
Author: Julie Stone PetersPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199262168
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This volume explores the impact of printing on the European theatre in the period 1480-1880 and shows that the printing press played a major part in the birth of modern theatre.
The Alchemical Actor
Author: Jane GilmerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004449426
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Alchemical Actor – Performing the Great Work: Imagining Alchemical Theatre offers an imagination for an alchemical theatre inspired by the directives of Antonin Artaud.
Artaud on Theatre
Author: Antonin ArtaudPublisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN: 9781566635585
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This revised and updated edition contains all of Artaud's key writings on theatre and cinema from 1921 to his death in 1948, including new selections never before in English. Artaud's ideas have inspired the work of Genet, Arrabal, The Living Theatre, Grotowski, Brook, and most of the experimental drama and performance work of recent decades. One of the great daring mapmakers of consciousness in extremis.-Susan Sontag.
Artaud's Theatre Of Cruelty
Author: Albert BermelPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408118025
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The definitive guide to the life and work of Antonin Artaud Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty is one of the most vital forces in world theatre, yet the concept is one of the most frequently misunderstood. In this incisive study, Albert Bermel looks closely at Artaud's work as a playwright, director, actor, designer, producer and critic, and provides a fresh insight into his ideas, innovations and, above all, his writings. Tracing the theatre of cruelty's origins in earlier dramatic conventions, tribal rituals of cleansing, transfiguration and exaltation, and in related arts such as film and dance, Bermel examines each of Artaud's six plays for form and meaning, as well as surveying the application of Artaud's theories and techniques to the international theatre of recent years.
Author: Kimberly JannaroneCollected Works
Author: Antonin ArtaudPublisher: Calder Publications Limited
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Drama. Antonin Artaud is one of the two or three most influential innovators of the twentieth centruy, whose theoried, production ideas along with his writings and plays have broght a new poetic impulse and dynamic intensity to the stage, replacing the naturalistic theatre that preceded his own. In this volume of COLLECTED WORK, we see Artaud's early formulations of his theories on theatre in general, and the genesis of the theatre of cruelty. In particular, the volume contains the famous manifestos of the revolutionary Alfred Jarry Theatre, productions plans, notes and critical articles. Also included is a series of articles on literature and the plastic arts, written during the same period. The variety and humour of such a wide range of work certainly constitutes a fertile source for those seeking a new approach to theatre and its allied arts. Translated and with an introduction by Victor Corti.
Author: Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich EvreinovThe Theatre of David Henry Hwang
Author: Esther Kim LeePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408185016
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Since the premiere of his play FOB in 1979, the Chinese American playwright David Henry Hwang has made a significant impact in the U. S. and beyond. The Theatre of David Henry Hwang provides an in-depth study of his plays and other works in theatre. Beginning with his "Trilogy of Chinese America", Esther Kim Lee traces all major phases of his playwriting career. Utilizing historical and dramaturgical analysis, she argues that Hwang has developed a unique style of meta-theatricality and irony in writing plays that are both politically charged and commercially viable. The book also features three essays written by scholars of Asian American theatre and a comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources on his oeuvre. This comprehensive study of Hwang's work follows his career both chronologically and thematically. The first chapter analyzes Hwang's early plays, "Trilogy of Chinese America," in which he explores issues of identity and cultural assimilation particular to Chinese Americans. Chapter two looks at four plays characterised as "Beyond Chinese America," which examines Hwang's less known plays. Chapter three focuses on M. Butterfly, which received the Tony Award for Best Play in 1988. In chapter four, Lee explores Hwang's development as a playwright during the decade of the 1990s with a focus on identity politics and multiculturalism. Chapter five examines Hwang's playwriting style in depth with a discussion of Hwang's more recent plays such as Yellow Face and Chinglish. The sixth chapter features three essays written by leading scholars in Asian American theatre: Josephine Lee on Flower Drum Song, Dan Bacalzo on Golden Child, and Daphne Lei on Chinglish. The final section provides a comprehensive compilation of sources: a chronology, a bibliography of Hwang's works, reviews and critical sources.
