The futurist opera Victory Over the Sun--written by Aleksei Kruchenykh and first performed in St. Petersburg in December 1913--was central to the Russian avant-garde, important for its libretto, its fragmentary, modernistic score, and its innovative sets and costumes. This book features an excellent translation of the text, accompanied by a number of essays from international contributors such as Laurence Senelick and John E. Bowlt that offer new insights into the practice and history of Russian theater in the first half of the twentieth century.
The futurist opera Victory Over the Sun--written by Aleksei Kruchenykh and first performed in St. Petersburg in December 1913--was central t...
British South Asian theater has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty years, yet its remarkable achievements have been largely ignored by mainstream media and scholars. With British South Asian Theatres, Graham Ley and Sarah Dadswell aim to reverse such neglect. Drawing on unpublished archives and an extensive series of interviews on the history of British theater, these essays document the presence of South Asians on the British stage, from magicians of the nineteenth century to the performers of today. A...
British South Asian theater has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty ye...
British South Asian theater has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty years, yet its remarkable achievements have been largely ignored by mainstream media and scholars. With British South Asian Theatres, Graham Ley and Sarah Dadswell aim to reverse such neglect. Drawing on unpublished archives and an extensive series of interviews on the history of British theater, these essays document the presence of South Asians on the British stage, from magicians of the nineteenth century to the performers of today. A...
British South Asian theater has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty ye...
Critical Essays on British South Asian Theatre marks a major contribution to the understanding of one of the most remarkable examples of diasporic artistic activity in recent history. The second volume on British South Asian theater compiled by Graham Ley and Sarah Dadswell, this volume provides detailed critical analyses of theater practice and performance from the last thirty years.
Critical Essays on British South Asian Theatre marks a major contribution to the understanding of one of the most remarkable examples of dia...
In Marking Time, Mike Pearson investigates alternative theater making in Cardiff from the 1960s through the present. Using "theater archaeology," or recreating theater experiences through interviews with those present at specific performances, revisiting the site of the theater production, and looking at other first-person documentation, Pearson offers his readers a unique approach to theater history. An unusual blend of oral history, academic rigor, and creative writing, Marking Time reveals a city and its working artists in a new and fascinating light.
In Marking Time, Mike Pearson investigates alternative theater making in Cardiff from the 1960s through the present. Using "theater archaeology...
In Marking Time, Mike Pearson investigates alternative theater making in Cardiff from the 1960s through the present. Using "theater archaeology," or recreating theater experiences through interviews with those present at specific performances, revisiting the site of the theater production, and looking at other first-person documentation, Pearson offers his readers a unique approach to theater history. An unusual blend of oral history, academic rigor, and creative writing, Marking Time reveals a city and its working artists in a new and fascinating light.
In Marking Time, Mike Pearson investigates alternative theater making in Cardiff from the 1960s through the present. Using "theater archaeology...
These essays explore aspects of historical performance in ancient Greece, linking its significance to wider reflections on cultural theory from around the world and on performance in the contemporary postmodern era. Topics include the origin of ancient tragic acting; festival performance in ancient Athens; the reflection of performance in the tragic scripts; the significance of the chorus; technology and the ancient theater; comparative thinking on Greek, Indian, and Japanese theory; the rhetoric of performance theory and postmodernism; modernism and theater; the importance of adaptation to...
These essays explore aspects of historical performance in ancient Greece, linking its significance to wider reflections on cultural theory from around...
Forms of Conflict questions how dramatists have responded aesthetically to the changing nature of conflict, focusing on plays written and performed around or after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Soncini examines how the works of playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Martin Crimp, and Simon Stephens have provided an interpretative means to enlarge our understanding of the new patterns of conflict, ensuring theater s continued cultural and political relevance. Drawing predominantly on textual material while also considering performance dimension and actual productions,...
Forms of Conflict questions how dramatists have responded aesthetically to the changing nature of conflict, focusing on plays written and perfo...
Forms of Conflict questions how dramatists have responded aesthetically to the changing nature of conflict, focusing on plays written and performed around or after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Soncini examines how the works of playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Martin Crimp, and Simon Stephens have provided an interpretative means to enlarge our understanding of the new patterns of conflict, ensuring theater s continued cultural and political relevance. Drawing predominantly on textual material while also considering performance dimension and actual productions,...
Forms of Conflict questions how dramatists have responded aesthetically to the changing nature of conflict, focusing on plays written and perfo...
The Theatre du Grand-Guignol in Paris, which opened in 1897 and closed officially in 1962, specialized in often graphic horror theater. Over the past fifteen years, authors Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson have worked to explore this extraordinary but largely forgotten theater, running theater workshops with students that at times have led to new productions in the style of the Grand-Guignol. The present volume provides rich insights into the authors' work performing Grand-Guignol theater with their students, and includes a brief history of the Grand-Guignol as well as translations of...
The Theatre du Grand-Guignol in Paris, which opened in 1897 and closed officially in 1962, specialized in often graphic horror theater. Over the past ...
