Paul Baker and the integration of abilities / Robert Flynn and Eugene McKinney, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flynn, Robert, 1932-

McKinney, Eugene, 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baker, Paul, 1911-2009.

Baker, Paul.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.

Dramatists, American.

Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

261 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, [2003]

Summary:

"Irritating, arrogant, nuts -- and a genius." That's what Charles Laughton said of Paul Baker. He also said, "Paul Baker is one of the most important minds in the world theater today. He seems to have invented new ways of doing things, and I think something big will come out of it." Something big did come out of it. Baker's production of Eugene McKinney's A Different Drummer received an invitation from C.B.S. TV's cultural program, "Omnibus," to present the play live from their New York studio. Baker's production of As I Lay Dying, Robert Flynn's adaptation of William Faulkner's novel, brought an invitation to stage the play at the Theater of Nations in Paris, the first non-Broadway production to compete there. It won a Special Jury Award. His presentation of Preston Jones' Texas Trilogy, took Jones and the trilogy to Broadway.

Baker's architectural visions at Baylor Theater, the Dallas Theater Center, and Trinity University's Ruth Taylor Theater have inspired similar constructions not only in the U.S. but in such unexpected places as Manila and Seoul. Architect Arthur Rogers stated, "No single person has contributed more to [theater architecture] than Paul Baker." Equally important to Baker was his role as a teacher and mentor. His teaching philosophy, based on his famous class "The Integration of Abilities," has been inspirational not only in the world of theater and the arts but also in religious worship, in the lives of those who have become parents, musicians, psychologists, insurance adjustors and businessmen. Despite invitations from theaters in other places including Austria, Germany, Yugoslavia, New Zealand, and offers of positions at other universities, Baker chose to remain in Texas where he was born and where he lives today.

Contents:

A tale of five cities / Eugene Mckinney

The integration of abilities : exercises for creative growth / William M. Doll

Paul Baker and theater architecture / Arthur J. Rogers

Baylor Theater : the phoenix rises / Harry Thompson and Raymond E. Carver

Paris and beyond / Paul Baker

Hope springs eternal : a different drummer times six / Darrel Baergen

Playwrights are made, not born / Eugene McKinney

Chester, Grace, and me / Glenn Allen Smith

Roots and wings / Irene Corey

Find your own path : an actor's journey / Claudia Sullivan

From the Baylor Othello to the Dallas Theater Center / Mary Bozeman

"Those old boats don't float" / Frances Swinny

Booker T. Washington Arts High School / Louise Mosley Smith

Children and teen theater / Kitty Baker ... [et al.]

Learning about learning / Susan Russell, Julia Jarrell, Susan McAtee Monday

Theater of the spirit / Raymond Bailey

Paul Baker biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0875652719

OCLC:

51009307