Mise En Scene French Theatre Now

AvAnnie Sparks,Annie Stephenson

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Plays and Playwrights

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Beskrivning

A invaluable survey of French theatre since 1968 Mise en Scene is a book in two parts. The first half is a probing look at French theatre now, providing an historical and critical survey of drama and theatre in France since 1968. It explores playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Marguerite Duras, Michel Vinaver and Bernard-Marie Koltes and directors of international reputation such as Peter Brook, Robert Wilson, Roger Planchon, Antoine Vitez, Patrice Chereau and Ariane Mnouchkine. The second part of Mise en Scene features a comprehensive listings guide to major theatre companies, insitutions, festivals, training schools and invaluable A-Z profiles of contemporary playwrights and directors from France.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-10-09
Mått:136 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Plays and Playwrights
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780413712301

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

David Bradby (1942-2011) was one of the great pioneers of theatre studies in Britain. He had a strong interest in French theatre, modernist and postmodernist theatre, the role of the director, and the Theatre of the Absurd, as well as translating several works. He was Professor Emeritus of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, the University of London, UK, and was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1997.Annie Sparks was a doctoral student at the time of writing, who travelled to Paris to research contemporary French Theatre, at a time when it was not known in the UK. Her work was the second section of the book, from 1990 onwards.Annie Stephenson is author of several volumes of poetry, of some books of essays such as Between the Iceberg and the Ship: Selected Essays (1998) and literary criticism, of a biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath (1989). In the autumn of 2007 she was awarded The Neglected Masters Award from the Poetry Foundation of America, The Lannan Prize for a lifetime's achievement in poetry and the Taylor-Aiken Poet of the Year award by the University of the South in Tennessee.