The Director's Prism : E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde / Dassia N. Posner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posner, Dassia N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948--Criticism and interpretation.

Eisenstein, Sergei.

Tairov, Aleksandr I͡Akovlevich, 1885-1950--Criticism and interpretation.

Tairov, Aleksandr I͡Akovlevich.

Meĭerkholʹd, V. Ė. (Vsevolod Ėmilʹevich), 1874-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Meĭerkholʹd, V. Ė.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822--Influence.

Hoffmann, E. T. A.

Russian drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Russian drama.

Theater--Production and direction--Russia--History--20th century.

Theater.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Finalist, 2017 Theatre Library Association George Freedley Memorial Award Shortlist, 2019 Prague Quadrennial Best Scenography and Design Publication Award The Director's Prism investigates how and why three of Russia's most innovative directors-- Vsevolod Meyerhold, Alexander Tairov, and Sergei Eisenstein--used the fantastical tales of German.

Contents:

Introduction: Hoffmann's prism

Prologue/polemic: "Unnecessary truth"

Under the sign of Hoffmann

Refraction

Meyerhold-Dapertutto: Framing the grotesque

Prologue/polemic: "The cricket on the hearth, or, At the keyhole"

Enter Doctor Dapertutto

Dapertutto's Three Oranges: the scenario, the studio, and the journal

Interlude: inspector general (1926)

Epilogue: A waterless flood

Tairov-Celionati: mime-drama and kaleidoscopic commedia

Prologue/ polemic: "The dusk of the dawns"

Mime-drama and the new theater

Interlude: Princess Brambilla: a Kamerny Capriccio after Hoffmann (1920)

Epilogue: An independent path

Peregrinus Tyss meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the grotesque, and the attraction

Prologue/polemic: Tarelkin's Death

The theatrical adventures of Mr. Peregrinus Tyss

Tyss's Moscow experiments

Interlude: Pipifax's pantomime: Columbine's garter (1922)

Epilogue: Through theater to film

The afterlife of a death jubilee

Hoffmann's Jubilee (1922)

The afterlife of refracted light

Appendix A. Three essays from Love for three oranges: The journal of Doctor Dapertutto

Hoffmaniana

Open letter from the authors of the divertissement Love for three oranges to A. A. Gvozdev

Comedy of pure joy: Ludwig Tieck's Puss in boots

Appendix B. Columbine's veil

Appendix C. Pierrette's veil

Appendix D. Columbine's garter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8101-3357-1

OCLC:

954105597