Mise En Scene French Theatre Now - Couverture souple

Sparks, Annie; Stephenson, Annie; Bradby, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0413712303 ISBN 13 : 9780413712301

Editeur : Methuen Drama, 1997

Synopsis

A invaluable survey of French theatre since 1968


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<cite>Mise en Scène</cite> is a book in two parts. The first half is a probing look at French theatre now, providing an historical and critical survey of drama and theatre in France since 1968. It explores playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Marguerite Duras, Michel Vinaver and Bernard-Marie Koltès and directors of international reputation such as Peter Brook, Robert Wilson, Roger Planchon, Antoine Vitez, Patrice Chereau and Ariane Mnouchkine.

The second part of <cite>Mise en Scène</cite> features a comprehensive listings guide to major theatre companies, insitutions, festivals, training schools and invaluable A-Z profiles of contemporary playwrights and directors from France.<P>
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A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Annie Stephenson was born in England in January 1933 she is author of several volumes of poetry, of some books of essays such as Between the Iceberg and the Ship: Selected Essays (1998) and literary criticism, of a biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath (1989). In the autumn of 2007 she was awarded The Neglected Masters Award from the Poetry Foundation of America, The Lannan Prize for a lifetime's achievement in poetry and the Taylor-Aiken Poet of the Year award by the University of the South in Tennessee.

David Bradby (b. 1942) was one of the great pioneers of theatre studies in Britain. He had a strong interest in French theatre, modernist and postmodernist theatre, the role of the director, and the Theatre of the Absurd, as well as translating several works. He was Professor Emeritus of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway and was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1997. He died aged 68 in 2011.

David Bradby (1942 – 2011) was Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Methuen Drama
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0413712303
• ISBN 13: 9780413712301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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