03349nam 2200577Ia 450 991081272800332120200520144314.01-134-92088-10-415-06517-81-280-02091-10-203-35937-21-134-92089-X10.4324/9780203359372 (MiAaPQ)EBC179251(Au-PeEL)EBL179251(CaPaEBR)ebr10100164(CaONFJC)MIL2091(OCoLC)252865270(OCoLC)54352727(CKB)1000000000405482(EXLCZ)99100000000040548219920420d1993 uy 0engurcn#|||uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAvant garde theatre, 1892-1992 /Christopher Innes2nd ed.London ;New York Routledge1993vii, 266 p. illRev. and updated ed. of: Holy theatre. 1981.0-203-37613-7 0-415-06518-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 THE POLITICS OF PRIMITIVISM -- chapter 3 DREAMS, ARCHETYPES AND THE IRRATIONAL -- chapter 4 THERAPY AND SUBLIMINAL THEATRE -- chapter 5 ANTONIN ARTAUD AND THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY -- chapter 6 RITUAL AND ACTS OF COMMUNION -- chapter 7 BLACK MASSES AND CEREMONIES OF NEGATION -- chapter 8 MYTH AND THEATRE LABORATORIES -- chapter 9 SECULAR RELIGIONS AND PHYSICAL SPIRITUALITY -- chapter 10 ANTHROPOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL THEATRE AND SEXUAL REVOLUTION -- chapter 11 INTERCULTURALISM AND EXPROPRIATING THE CLASSICS -- chapter 12 FROM THE MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM.Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and Mnouchkine is an idealisation of the elemental and a desire to find ritual in archaic traditions. This widespread primitivism is the key to understanding both the political and aesthetic aspects of modern theatre and provides fresh insights into contemporary social trends. The original text, first published in 1981 as Holy Theatre, has been fully revised and up-dated to take account of the most recent theoretical developments in anthropology, critical theory and psychotherapy. New sections on Heiner Muller, Robert Wilson, Eugenio Barba, Ariane Mnouchkine and Sam Shepard have been added. As a result, the book now deals with all the major avant garde theatre practitioners, in Europe and North America. Avant Garde Theatre will be essential reading for anyone attempting to understand contemporary drama.Drama20th centuryHistory and criticismExperimental theaterDramaHistory and criticism.Experimental theater.809.2/04Innes Christopher1941-158716Innes Christopher1941-158716MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812728003321Avant garde theatre, 1892-19923978530UNINA