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The Piscator notebook / by Judith Malina.
Van Pelt Library PN2658.P5 M35 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malina, Judith, 1926-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966--Criticism and interpretation.
- Piscator, Erwin.
- Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966.
- Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997). Dramatic Workshop.
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997).
- Malina, Judith, 1926-2015--Diaries.
- Malina, Judith.
- Malina, Judith, 1926-2015.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- Theater--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- History.
- Theater--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- The Piscator Notebook documents Malina's intensive and idiosyncratic training at Piscator's school. Part diary, part theatrical treatise, this unique and inspiring volume combines.
- complete transcriptions of Malina's notes from her first year at The Dramatic Workshop, as well as reproductions of various of Piscator's teaching materials, syllabi and lectures;
- notes on Malina's teachers, fellow students-including Marlon Brando and Tennessee Williams - and New School productions;
- studies of Piscator's process and influence, along with new essays on the relationship between his teaching, Malina's work with The Living Theatre, and "The Ongoing Epic"
- a foreword by performance pioneer Richard Schechner.
- The Piscator Notebook is a striking record of the genealogy of political theatre practice in the 20thcentury, from Europe to the US. But it is also a stunningly, personal reflection on the pleasures and challenges of learning about theatre, charged with essential insights for the student and teacher, actor and director.
- Judith Malina and The Living Theatre have been icons of political theatre for over six decades. What few realize is that she originally studied under another giant of 20th century culture, Erwin Piscator, in his Dramatic Workshop at The New School in New York Piscator founded the Workshop after emigrating to New York, having collaborated with Brecht to create "Epic Theatre" in Germany Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Weimer to the Dramatic Workshop 1
- Personal History 3
- Erwin Piscator: Germany to New York City 3
- The Founding of The Dramatic Workshop, 1940 11
- The Studio Theatre 12
- The Teachers at Piscator's School 13
- The Students 17
- My Personal Struggle to Enter The Dramatic Workshop 31
- Valeska Gert 32
- Lunar Bowels: An Audition Piece 32
- Part 2 The Notebook 35
- Part 3 The Ongoing Epic 121
- End of the Notebook and First Workshop Plays 123
- Julian Beck 124
- By Any Other Name and Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theatre 125
- Piscator's Basic Question: The Role of the Audience 125
- Becoming a Director: A Confession 126
- The Inspiration of Joseph Urban's Architecture 127
- Eleanor Fitzgerald 127
- The Classes 128
- The Plays 135
- Kandinsky's Great Insight 149
- Piscator and the Audience 150
- Objective Acting 152
- Between Two Worlds 155
- Piscator: Success and Failure 159
- Piscator's Return to Germany - and to Berlin 160
- Eric Bentley 164
- Piscator's Influence 167
- Piscator's Influence: The Work of The Living Theatre 170.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415600736
- 0415600731
- 9780415600743
- 041560074X
- 9780203128169
- 0203128168
- OCLC:
- 744299134
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