The Great European Stage Directors Volume 2: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Great European Stage Directors Volume 2: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht
Authors and Contributors      Edited by David Barnett
Series edited by Simon Shepherd
SeriesGreat Stage Directors
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreDrama
Individual film directors and film-makers
Biographies and autobiography
ISBN/Barcode 9781474253949
ClassificationsDewey:792.02330922
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 12 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 2 December 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This volume surveys and assesses the contributions of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht to theatre-making, which richly exemplify the range of ways that directors address dramatic material, theatrical space and their audiences. Their directorial work marks an unmistakeable interest in developing the political potential of theatre in the early 20th century, although each director offered more to their actors, collaborators and spectators than simply the staging of politics and the political.

Author Biography

David Barnett is Professor of Theatre at the University of York, UK.