Ariane Mnouchkine

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This volume combines an overview of Ariane Mnouchkine's life, work, and theatrical influences. It also provides an exploration of her key ideas on theatre and the creative process.

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Title Statements

Full title :Ariane Mnouchkine / Judith G. Miller.

Summary

This volume combines an overview of Ariane Mnouchkine's life, work, and theatrical influences. It also provides an exploration of her key ideas on theatre and the creative process.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 157 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415338844, 0415338840, 9780415338851, 0415338859, 9780203448472, 0203448472
oclc:ocm74459015
LC Classification:PN2638.M445
Dewey Decimal:792.023/3092

I. Intellectual and Artistic Biography: Nomad of the Imagination -- Beginnings -- Mnouchkine and Her Times -- Theatrical Influences and Affinities -- II. Ideas on Theatre: Theatre as Collective History and The Quest for Form -- Theoretical Propositions -- The Creative Process -- Paradoxes and Tensions -- III. Four Key Productions: Mnouchkine's "Fanatically Theatrical" -- 1789 Collective Creation, Audience Involvement, and Comedic Form -- Richard II: Mythic Storytelling, Hybridizing Asia, and Geometrizying Power -- Drums on the Dam: In the Form of an Ancient Puppet Play, Performed by Actors: Theatrical Self-Questioning and the Actor as Puppet -- Conclusion -- IV. Practical Exercises -- Principles of Theatrical Creation -- Mask Work -- A Basic Rehearsal Vocabulary.