Upstaged: Making Theatre in a Media Age

ISBN-13: 9780878301867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 188 str.

Anne Nicholson Weber

Opis

Broadway or Hollywood? That is the question. What do stage actors, directors, playwrights, critics and other theatre professionals think about theatre in the age dominated by movies and television? Anne Nicholson Weber has sought answers from an extraordinary cast. Exploring subjects ranging from conviction to realism, continuity to point of view, Shakespeare to love scenes, and many other topics, these thoughtful interviews examine how today's theatre people make theatre work. The author's subjects include, among others, Julie Taymor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Linda Edmond, Adrian Lester, Tony Kushner, Simon Callow and Spalding Gray. Whether or not theatre is upstaged by film and electronic entertainments, those who love theatre will find wisdom and support in this highly readable book.

Recenzje

"Upstaged offers readers informal and acessible dialogues on issues of utmost consequence to performance studies. ...Weber's impressive collection of interviews offers a valuable look into theatre's current trajectories as artists seek ways to have the theatre be, as Julie Taymor says, 'the sensation of life being breathed into an object by the addition of human imagination.'" --The Drama Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. NICHOLAS HYTNER 2. WALLACE SHAWN 3. SIMON CALLOW 4. MARTHA LAVEY 5. FRANK RICH 6. PETER PARNELL 7. RICHARD MONETTE 8. JULIE TAYMOR 9. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL 10. DAVID LEVEAUX 11. MICHAEL KAHN 12. ADRIAN LESTER 13. PETER HALL 14. PATRICK MARBER 15. DREW HODGES 16. GORDON DAVIDSON 17. LINDA EMOND 18. ROBERT BRUSTEIN 19. PAUL SCOFIELD 20. RICHARD EYRE 21. ANNA DEAVERE SMITH 22. ROBERT FALLS 23. MEL KENYON 24. TONY KUSHNER Index

O autorze

Anne Nicholson Weber was trained in law and is married to a Chicago playwright. This is her first book on theatre.