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Autore: | Blau Herbert |
Titolo: | Programming theater history : the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco / / Herbert Blau ; introduction by Elin Diamond |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
Disciplina: | 792.09794/61 |
Soggetto topico: | Theater - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Programming theater history |
ISBN: | 0-203-12407-3 |
1-299-31940-8 | |
1-136-34327-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465136103321 |
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