German Expressionist Theatre - The Actor and the Stage

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Abstraction and empathy: the philosophical background in the socio-economic foreground; 2. The poetics of Expressionist performance: contemporary models and sources; 3. Schrei ecstatic performance; 4. An 'Expressionist solution to the problem of theatre': Geist abstraction in performance; 5. Late Expressionist performance in Berlin: the Emblematic mode; Concluding observations; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Summary

German Expressionist Theatre: The Actor and the Stage considers the powerfully stylized, anti-realistic styles of acting on the German Expressionist stage from 1916 to 1921. Previously untranslated portions of Expressionist script and actor memoirs allow a focus on acting itself.

Product details

• Authors: David F. Kuhns, David F. (Geneva College Kuhns, Kuhns David F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.1997
• EAN: 9780521583404
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58340-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Germany, DRAMA / European / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Theatre Studies