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Strindberg and Modernist Theatre

Post-Inferno Drama on the Stage

Paperback Engels 2007 9780521039390
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Despite the profound influence exerted by August Strindberg on the development of modernist theatre and drama, the myth persisted that his plays - particularly such later works as A Dream Play, To Damascus, and The Ghost Sonata - are somehow 'unperformable'. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as this book sets out to demonstrate by providing a detailed performance analysis of the major works created after the period of personal crisis which Strindberg called his Inferno. Ranging from the early productions of Max Reinhardt and Olof Molander to the reinterpretations of Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson and Ingmar Bergman in our own day, this study explores the crucial impact that this writer's allusive (and elusive) method of playwriting has had on the changing nature of the theatrical experience. Each chapter ends with a section devoted to innovative Strindberg performances on the contemporary stage.

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ISBN13:9780521039390
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:192

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List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Before Inferno: Strindberg and nineteenth-century theatre; 2. Toward a new theatre: To Damascus; 3. A theatre of dreams: A Dream Play; 4. Chamber theatre: The Ghost Sonata; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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