Performing Brecht : forty years of British performances / Margaret Eddershaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eddershaw, Margaret.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Stage history--Great Britain.

Brecht, Bertolt.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Dramatic production.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.

Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Theater.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1996.

Summary:

"Performing Brecht" is an unprecedented history of the productions of Brecht's plays in Britain over forty years. Margaret Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond. She focuses on key productions by directors including George Devine, Sam Wanamaker, John Dexter, William Gaskill, Howard Davies and Richard Eyre. "Performing Brecht" also features three in-depth case studies of the following 1990s productions, throughout which Eddershaw incorporates her own exclusive access to rehearsals and in-depth interviews with directors and performers. They are: "The Good Person of Sechuan," directed by Deborah Warner and starring Fiona Shaw; "Mother Courage," directed by Philip Prowse and starring Glenda Jackson; and "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," directed by Di Trevis and starring Antony Sher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041508010X

0415080118

OCLC:

187448526