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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462563803321

Autore

Leach Robert <1942-, >

Titolo

Makers of modern theatre : an introduction / / Robert Leach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

©2004

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

792.0904

Soggetti

Theater - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Konstantin Stanislavsky -- Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold -- Bertolt Brecht -- Antonin Artaud.

Sommario/riassunto

Who were the giants of the twentieth-century stage, and exactly how did they influence modern theatre?  Robert Leach's Makers of Modern Theatre is the first detailed introduction to the work of the key theatre-makers who shaped the drama of the last century: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud.  Leach focuses on the major issues which relate to their dominance of theatre history: What was significant in their life and times? What is their main legacy? What were their dramatic philosophies and practices? How have their ideas been adapted since their deaths? What are the current critical perspectives on their work?  Never before has so much essential information on the making of twentieth-century theatre been compiled in one brilliantly concise, beautifully illustrated book. This is a genuinely insightful volume by one of the foremost theatre historians of our age.--publisher.