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Informationen zum Autor David G. John is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Waterloo as well as the founding director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies. Klappentext Bennewitz, Goethe, Faust makes a cogent argument for this director's place alongside the twentieth century's greatest theatre innovators. Zusammenfassung Bennewitz, Goethe, Faust makes a cogent argument for this director's place alongside the twentieth century's greatest theatre innovators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Foreword Documentation Part I Bennewitz 1. Persona and Theory Slim RecognitionBiographySplit PersonalityPoliticsDogma and Theory 2. Peers Erika StephanDieter GörneWolfgang Engel Part II The German Fausts: Chronicle of a Society 3. Hooray for Socialism! Weimar 1965/67 BackgroundAudience PreparationThe PerformanceEssential FeaturesCritical ReceptionThe Party LineConclusion 4. Hooray for Socialism? Weimar 1975 BackgroundAudience PreparationThe PerformanceEssential FeaturesCritical ReceptionThe Party LineConclusion 5. Socialism? Weimar 1981/82 BackgroundAudience and Cast PreparationThe PerformanceEssential FeaturesCritical ReceptionThe Party LineConclusion 6. Alles für die Katz': Meiningen 1995 BackgroundThe PerformanceCritical ReceptionConclusion Part III The Intercultural Fausts 7. The First Black Gretchen: New York 1978 BackgroundThe PerformancePerformance ConsciousnessCritical ReceptionConclusion 8. The Hindu Faust: Bombay 1994 BackgroundThe PerformanceCritical ReceptionAftermathConclusion 9. The Christian Faust: Manila 1994 BackgroundThe PerformanceCritical ReceptionAftermathConclusion 10. From Loyalist to Intercultural Pioneer Part IV Documentation Bibliography Appendices Highlight BiographyTravelsPlays directedHoldings of the Fritz Bennewitz Archive in Leipzig: A Treasure Trove for Researchers Index ...
