02691oam 2200601I 450 991046513610332120200520144314.00-203-12407-31-299-31940-81-136-34327-X10.4324/9780203124079 (CKB)2560000000100732(EBL)1154287(OCoLC)831117995(SSID)ssj0000856627(PQKBManifestationID)11437115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856627(PQKBWorkID)10818774(PQKB)11711591(MiAaPQ)EBC1154287(Au-PeEL)EBL1154287(CaPaEBR)ebr10676607(CaONFJC)MIL463190(OCoLC)830541448(EXLCZ)99256000000010073220180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProgramming theater history the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco /Herbert Blau ; introduction by Elin DiamondLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (189 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-51670-6 0-415-51669-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.'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 hTheaterCaliforniaSan FranciscoHistory20th centuryElectronic books.TheaterHistory792.09794/61Blau Herbert.710755Actor's Workshop (San Francisco)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465136103321Programming theater history2236786UNINA