The Director & The Stage: From Naturalism to GrotowskiBeginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century - Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Artuaud and Grotowski. Braun's guide is more practical than theoretical, delineating how each director changed the tradition that came before him. |
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2 Antoine and the Théâtre Libre | 22 |
3 The Symbolist Theatre | 37 |
4 Alfred Jarry | 51 |
5 Stanislavsky and Chekhov | 59 |
6 Edward Gordon Craig | 77 |
Theatre as Propaganda | 130 |
10 Piscator in Berlin | 145 |
11 Brechts Formative Years | 162 |
12 Artauds Theatre of Cruelty | 180 |
13 Grotowskis Laboratory Theatre | 191 |
Afterword | 201 |
Notes | 203 |
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