Theory of the Modern Stage - From Artaud to Zola: An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama

Informationen zum Autor Eric Bentley, one of the foremost authorities on the modern theatre, is a recognised playwright, critic, and scholar, and a longtime intimate of Brecht. His most recent book is Bentley on Brecht. Klappentext Brings together writings by dramatists! directors and thinkers who have had a profound effect on the theatre since mid nineteenth century! from Adolphe Appia to Emile Zola. Here! Antonin Artaud sets out a manifesto for a Theatre of Cruelty! and Bernard Shaw defends himself as a realist! while W B Yeats describes the creation of a People's Theatre. Zusammenfassung In The Theory of the Modern Stage , leading drama critic, Eric Bentley, brings together landmark writings by dramatists, directors and thinkers who have had a profound effect on the theatre since the mid nineteenth century, from Adolphe Appia to Émile Zola. Here, Antonin Artaud sets out a manifesto for a Theatre of Cruelty, Bertolt Brecht discusses the tension between entertainment and instruction in experimental drama and Bernard Shaw defends himself as a realist, while W. B. Yeats describes the creation of a People’s Theatre. The ideas of theatre’s great makers are revealed by their best expositors, as Eric Bentley writes about Stanislavsky belief in the importance of emotional memory when creating a dramatic role and Arthur Symons considers Richard Wagner and the relationship between genius, art and nature.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Bentley, Eric (editor) Bentley
• Assisted by: Eric Bentley (Editor), Bentley Eric (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2008
• EAN: 9780141189185
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118918-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 1 mm x 1 mm x 1 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights