This title brings together a collection of essays in English that focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. The work of such highly successful Jacques Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicit? (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Caucasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicit? is just the tip of the iceberg. The contributors to this volume chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our...

Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre.
The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Causcasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the...

The Decroux Sourcebook is the first point of reference for any student of the 'hidden master' of twentieth century theatre.

This book collates a wealth of key material on Etienne Decroux, including:

• an English translation of Patrice Pezin's 'Imaginary Interview', in which Decroux discusses mime's place in the theatre.
• previously unpublished articles by Decroux from France's Bibiotheque Nationale.
• essays from Decroux's fellow innovators Eugenio Barba and Edward Gordon Craig, explaining the synthesis of theory and...