Programming theater history : the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco / / Herbert Blau ; introduction by Elin Diamond

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465136103321
• Autore: Blau Herbert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-12407-3; 1-299-31940-8; 1-136-34327-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.09794/61
• Soggetti: Theater - California - San Francisco - 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / by Elin Diamond -- A loft, in the early days -- Coming up the ramp: mid-term variations -- Alienation and the absurd: the mystery remains -- Reason not the need: faith or fury, farce or dream -- Mixed blessings and the sorcery of persuasion -- Home stretch: what will the future think? -- The winding sheet: a requiem-coda.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'One of the great stories of the American theater..., the Workshop not only built an international reputation with its daring choice of plays and nontraditional productions, it also helped launch a movement of regional, or resident, companies that would change forever how Americans thought about and consumed theater.' - Elin Diamond, from the IntroductionHerbert Blau founded, with Jules Irving, the legendary Actor's Workshop of San Francisco, in 1952, starting with ten people in a loft above a judo academy. Over the course of the next 13 years and its h