On the Art of the TheatreRoutledge, 25 sept 2008 - 192 páginas First published in 1911, On the Art of the Theatre remains one of the seminal texts of theatre theory and practice. Actor, director, designer and pioneering theorist, Edward Gordon Craig was one of twentieth century theatre’s great modernisers. Here, he is eloquent and entertaining in expounding his views on the theatre; a crucial and prescient contribution that retains its relevance almost a century later. This reissue contains a wealth of new features:
Controversial and original, On the Art of the Theatre stands as one of the most influential books on theatre of the twentieth century. |
Índice
1 THE ARTISTS OF THE THEATRE OF THE FUTURE | 1 |
2 THE ACTOR AND THE ÜBERMARIONETTE | 27 |
3 SOME EVIL TENDENCIES OF THE MODERN THEATRE | 49 |
4 PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS PICTURES AND PAINTERS IN THE THEATRE | 59 |
Two letters to John Semar | 66 |
An expert and a playgoer are conversing | 73 |
A playgoer and a stagedirector speak | 92 |
8 ON THE GHOSTS IN THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE | 128 |
9 SHAKESPEARES PLAYS | 137 |
10 REALISM AND THE ACTOR | 140 |
11 OPENAIR THEATRES | 142 |
12 SYMBOLISM | 145 |
13 THE EXQUISITE AND THE PRECIOUS | 147 |
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