Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's Late Style in the Theater

by Enoch Brater

Book Overview

Beyond Minimalism explores Beckett's drama of the '70s and '80s, examining the ways in which play text and performance merge through the playwright's poetic idiom. Beginning with Not I and continuing through Catastrophe and What Where, Brater examines the plays not only as texts but also as theater pieces. Discussing the technical and aesthetic demands that productions like Footfalls and Rockaby make on actor, director, and spectator, Brater clarifies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195066553
• ISBN13: 9780195066555
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"