This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski''s long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Grotowski''s life and work.
Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, the sourcebook features:
*essays from the key performance theorists who worked with Grotowski, including Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Jan Kott, Eric Bentley, Harold Clurman, and Charles Marowitz
*writings which trace every phase of Grotowski''s career from his ''theatre of production'' to ''objective drama'' and ''art as vehicle''
*a wide-ranging collection of Grotowski''s own writings, plus an interview with his closest collaborator and ''heir'', Thomas Richards
*an array of photographs documenting Grotowski and his followers in action
*a historical-critical study of Grotowski by Richard Schechner.