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The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.

Each of the chapters is written by an expert on a particular figure, from Stanislavsky and Brecht to Laban and Decroux, and places their work in its social and historical context. Summaries and analyses of their key productions indicate how each practitioner''s theoretical approaches to performance and the performer were manifested in practice.

All 22 practitioners from the original series are represented, with this volume covering those born before the end of the First World War. This is the definitive first step for students, scholars and practitioners hoping to acquaint themselves with the leading names in performance, or deepen their knowledge of these seminal figures.



Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1. STANISLAVSKI (1863–1938)

2. MEYERHOLD (1874–1940)

3. COPEAU (1879–1949)

4. LABAN (1879–1958)

5. WIGMAN (1886–1973)

6. CHEKHOV (1891–1955)

7. BRECHT (1898–1956)

8. DECROUX (1898–1991)

9. OHNO (1906–2010) and HIJIKATA (1928–1986)

10. LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002)

Index

The Routledge Companion to Performance

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781032399928
      978-1032399928
      ISBN-10 1032399929
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      Theatre direction and production

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.

      Each of the chapters is written by an expert on a particular figure, from Stanislavsky and Brecht to Laban and Decroux, and places their work in its social and historical context. Summaries and analyses of their key productions indicate how each practitioner''s theoretical approaches to performance and the performer were manifested in practice.

      All 22 practitioners from the original series are represented, with this volume covering those born before the end of the First World War. This is the definitive first step for students, scholars and practitioners hoping to acquaint themselves with the leading names in performance, or deepen their knowledge of these seminal figures.



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Notes on Contributors

      Introduction

      1. STANISLAVSKI (1863–1938)

      2. MEYERHOLD (1874–1940)

      3. COPEAU (1879–1949)

      4. LABAN (1879–1958)

      5. WIGMAN (1886–1973)

      6. CHEKHOV (1891–1955)

      7. BRECHT (1898–1956)

      8. DECROUX (1898–1991)

      9. OHNO (1906–2010) and HIJIKATA (1928–1986)

      10. LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002)

      Index

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