Performing Brecht

by Eddershaw, Margaret

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Title Statements

Full title :Performing Brecht / Margaret Eddershaw.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 188 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:041508010X, 9780415080101, 0415080118, 9780415080118
oclc:ocn500004537
LC Classification:PT2603.R397
Dewey Decimal:792.950941

1. Brecht and the Performer: Measuring the Distance. Practitioners who influenced the young Brecht. The performer's distance in epic theatre. The epic theatre audience. Brecht and Stanislavski. The actor and the role. The actor and the audience. Decreasing the distance between Brecht and Stanislavski. Choosing his actors. Acting at the Berliner Ensemble -- 2. Performing Early British Brecht: Following the Berliner. Preparing for Brecht. Brecht slips into Britain. Theatre Workshop and Mother Courage. English Stage Company and The Threepenny Opera. The Royal Court and The Good Woman of Setzuan. Brecht and British playwrights. William Gaskill and British Brecht of the 1960s. The Berliner Ensemble returns -- 3. Performing Brecht Post-1968: The Radical Responses. The 'booming' 1960s. The development of alternative theatre. Brecht by the radical touring companies. Brecht at the radical repertory theatres -- 4. Performing 'Classical' Brecht: Making the Strange Familiar.

Brecht at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Brecht at the National Theatre. The National Theatre on Tour -- 5. Performing Brecht in the 1990s: Three Approaches to Post-Wall Brecht. The legacy of the late 1980s. The Good Per…

Subjects

Brecht, Bertolt German drama German drama -- 20th century Great Britain History PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater Theater -- Production and direction Theater -- Production and direction -- … Théâtre -- Production et mise en scène … Théâtre allemand -- 20e siècle Toneelvoorstellingen