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Experimental Theatre from Stanislavsky to Peter Brook
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James Roose-Evans, one of Britain's most innovative directors, traces the origins of the avant-garde in the theatre through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #199322 in Books
- Published on: 1989-03-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 260 pages
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From the Back Cover
James Roose-Evans, one of Britain's most experienced and innovative directors, and founder of the Hampstead Theatre (which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1984), surveys the history of the avant-garde in the theatre. He traces its origins through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Craig, Appia, Copeau, Piscator, Brecht, Grotowski and up to the most recent experiments of Peter Brook's Mahabharata. This is a second, enlarged edition of a highly successful and widely-used book. As James Roose-Evans himself writes: 'I am convinced that if one is a practitioner of theatre it is an essential part of one's task to see and know what is going on in all of the arts. We have much to learn from one another as well as from the lessons of history.'
Customer Reviews
A concise and informative history of experimental theatre
As the first book I read on this subject it was a superbly compact historical index of the ideas informing modern theatre from Stanislavsky to the present day. It provides a chronological account of the development of ideas, theories, movements and schools of thought that is so concise as to help the newcomer to relate them with ease. At the same time it places every figure in their cultural context. I have found it an invaluable reference and springboard for discovering other areas of more detailed reading on the most significant personalities in the development of theatre. For anyone already familiar with this history it may lack the depth of larger books, but it still has value as a quick reference and is at the same time briskly paced and absorbing. It is not pretentious, verbose or patronising, but is informative and throught-provoking.
