Strindberg and Modernist Theatre

ISBN-13: 9780521623773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 190 str.

Frederick J. Marker; Lise-Lone Marker

Opis

This book offers a detailed critical analysis of Strindberg's major works in performance, created after his psychic upheaval, which he called his "Inferno." Ranging from the early productions of Max Reinhardt and Olof Molander to the reinterpretations of Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson, and Ingmar Bergman, the study explores the crucial impact of this dramatist's method of playwriting. Each chapter ends with a section devoted to innovative Strindberg performances on the contemporary stage.

Recenzje

"Frederick and Lise-Lone Marker excel at what they do: they create living histories of individual performances. They are indeed so good at what they do that it is probably caviling to note that they do not succeed at proving that "these plays...have had a compelling impact on modernist and postmodernist theatre and theatrical theory" (ix). Nonetheless, Strindberg and Modernist Theatre stands as an important contribution to an understanding of Strindberg's plays as theater." Scandinavian Studies, Marilyn Johns Blackwell, Ohio State University

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Before Inferno: Strindberg and nineteenth-century theatre; 2. Toward a new theatre: To Damascus; 3. A theatre of dreams: A Dream Play; 4. Chamber theatre: The Ghost Sonata; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.