Space and time in epic theater
Subtitle: the Brechtian legacy
By: Sarah Bryant-Bertail.
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Influence; European drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; European drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Space and time in literature
Description: "Epic practice is examined in relation to the history of the concepts of space and time, but the heart of the book is its historical, socio-critical, and semiotic analyses of productions in the epic mode: Hasek's The Good Soldier Schwejk, directed by Piscator; Mother Courage, written and directed by Brecht; Lenz's The Tutor, directed by Brecht; Ibsen's Peer Gynt, productions directed by Peter Stein and Rustom Bharucha; Buchner's Leon and Lena (& lenz), directed by JoAnne Akalaitis; and Les Atrides (The House of Atreus) from Aeschylus and Euripides, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. For scholars and artists as well as non-theater-experts this study offers a deeper understanding of representation on the stage, with relevance also for the other arts, the mass media, and cyberspace."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.