Title: The theater event : modern theories of performance /
Authors: Wiles, Timothy J.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Grotowski, Jerzy,; Artaud, Antonin,; Brecht, Bertolt,; Stanislavsky, Konstantin,; Theater History
Contents: [Part] I : On catharsis of character in naturalistic acting and dramaturgy. Stanislavski's theater of affective memory ; "The three sisters" : Stanislavski's tragedy, Chekhov's vaudeville -- [Part] II : Beyond catharsis of incident in presentational acting and epic dramaturgy. Brecht's epic theater and visionary dialectics ; "The measures taken" and the schizoid actor -- [Part] III : Toward catharsis of actor and audience in the Theater of Cruelty and the Poor Theater. Artaud and Grotowski : the theater as separate reality ; "Apocalypsis cum figuris" and the return of the theater -- Afterword : "Offending the audience" and embracing it.