Beckett in Performance

ISBN-13: 9780521423793 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 288 str.

Jonathan Kalb

Opis

This book takes a critical look at the work of one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights from the viewpoint of those whose job it is to give the work life on stage. From personal experience of over seventy productions, from interviews with numerous Beckett actors and directors, and in rare conversations with the playwright himself, Kalb addresses such fundamental questions as: Is the task of performing Beckett categorically different from that of performing other forms of theater? Is the audience's role different, and if so, how? The result is a new insight into particular problems of producing Beckett's early and late works, television plays, and prose works adapted for the stage.

Recenzje

"In his close attention to production values and in his ability to move from specific performances to general ideas about the nature of theatre and of interpretation, Jonathan Kalb presents a much needed addition to Beckett criticism." Linda Ben-Zvi, Essays in Theatre

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Acting: 2. Rockaby and the art of inadvertent interpretation; 3. Considerations of acting in the early plays; 4. Considerations of acting in the late plays; Part II. Directing: 5. Underground staging in perspective; 6. Eh Joe, Dis Joe, He Joe: toward a television icon; 7. The gamble of staging prose fiction; 8. Conclusion: the question of context; Part III. Conservations: Notes; Bibliography; Index.