Experimental Theatre from Stanislavsky to Peter Brook

by James Roose-Evans

Book Overview

James Roose-Evans, one of Britain's most experienced and innovative directors, and founder of the Hampstead Theatre (which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1984), surveys the history of the avant-garde in the theatre. He traces its origins through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Craig, Appia, Copeau, Piscator, Brecht, Grotowski and up to the most recent experiments of Peter Brook's "Mahabharata." This is a second, enlarged edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876635648
• ISBN13: 9780876635643
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.