The Great European Stage Directors Volume 4 - Reinhardt, Jessner, Barker

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction to the Series, Simon Shepherd (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK)
Introduction to Volume 4, Michael Patterson (De Montfort University, UK)

Max Reinhardt

1. Max Reinhardt and the Theatre of His Time, Michael Patterson (De Montfort University, UK)
2. Max Reinhardt and his Company, Ann-Christine Simke (University of Glasgow, UK)

Leopold Jessner

3. Leopold Jessner: Father of Modern Regietheater (Director’s Theatre) in Germany, Matthias Heilmann (Municipal Theatre of Fürth, Germany)
4. Searching for Frictions in Time: Leopold Jessner as a Director of the Contemporary, Sascha Förster (University of Cologne, Germany)

Harley Granville Barker

5. Harley Granville Barker: Director Extraordinary, Colin Chambers (Kingston University, UK)
6 ‘The Mind Goes Back to the Golden Fairies…’: Granville Barker’s Choral Work, Philippa Burt (Goldsmiths University, UK)

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

SIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK.

Summary

In this volume leading scholars assess the contributions of Max Reinhardt, Leopold Jessner and Harley Granville Barker to European theatre. Their work represents the cultural shift from traditional theatre practices of the 19th century to the rise of Modernism and its means of establishing theatre as an art form in its own right.

Uncovering the theories and visions of theatre held by Reinhardt, Jessner and Barker, this volume establishes the contribution and importance of these directors in the development of modern theatre and their significance alongside the better-known names of Stanislavski and Brecht.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Patterson, Simon Shepherd
• Assisted by: Michael Patterson (Editor), Patterson Michael (Editor), Simon Shepherd (Editor of the series), Shepherd Simon (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2021
• EAN: 9781474253970
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5397-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Great Stage Directors
• Subjects: Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, Theatre Studies, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director