Fifty key theatre directors / edited by Shomit Mitter and Maria Shevtsova.
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TextSeries: Routledge key guidesPublication details: London : Routledge, 2005Description: xviii, 286 pISBN: 9780203482018 (ebook)Other title: 50 key theatre directorsSubject(s): Theatrical producers and directors | Performing Arts | Theatre studies | Theatre direction & productionGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415187329Summary: This book presents fifty key theatre directors from Brecht to Stanislavsky and Barba to Vakhtangov. It covers the life and work of individuals who have been deeply influential to the development of theatre. Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential directors of the twentieth and twenty-first century from around the world. They include: Anne Bogart Peter Brook Lev Dodin Declan Donnellan Jerzy Grotowski Elizabeth LeCompte Joan Littlewood Ariane Mnouchkine. Each entry discusses a director's key productions, ideas and rehearsal methods, effectively combining theory and practice. The result is an ideal guide to the world of theatre for practitioners, theatregoers and students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book presents fifty key theatre directors from Brecht to Stanislavsky and Barba to Vakhtangov. It covers the life and work of individuals who have been deeply influential to the development of theatre. Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential directors of the twentieth and twenty-first century from around the world. They include: Anne Bogart Peter Brook Lev Dodin Declan Donnellan Jerzy Grotowski Elizabeth LeCompte Joan Littlewood Ariane Mnouchkine. Each entry discusses a director's key productions, ideas and rehearsal methods, effectively combining theory and practice. The result is an ideal guide to the world of theatre for practitioners, theatregoers and students.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415187329
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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