A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1134744277

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Christopher Innes has selected three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular: * Henrik Ibsen - A Dolls House and Hedda Gabler * Anton Chekhov - The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard * George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession and Heartbreak House. Innes' introduction provides an overview of naturalist theatre. Key themes include: the representation of women, significant contemporary issues and the links between theory, play writing and stage practice. The primary sources explore many aspects of naturalism, giving information on: * the playwrights' intentions when writing plays * contemporary reviews * literary criticism * political and social background * production notes from early performances of the plays.

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1134744285

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Christopher Innes has selected three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular: * Henrik Ibsen - A Dolls House and Hedda Gabler * Anton Chekhov - The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard * George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession and Heartbreak House. Innes' introduction provides an overview of naturalist theatre. Key themes include: the representation of women, significant contemporary issues and the links between theory, play writing and stage practice. The primary sources explore many aspects of naturalism, giving information on: * the playwrights' intentions when writing plays * contemporary reviews * literary criticism * political and social background * production notes from early performances of the plays.

The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays

The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781408128435

The study of Naturalist theatre remains a staple and often foundational part of the curriculum at all levels of drama education. This anthology of six of the most commonly studied and revived Naturalist plays from the European repertoire offers a unique compendium that will serve as required reading for drama courses and is ideal for theatre practitioners and fans. The selected plays perfectly reflect the formal and geographical diversity of Naturalist theatre as well as its major philosophical, political and theatrical preoccupations. A critical introduction by Dr Chris Megson contextualises the emergence of Naturalist theatre in the late nineteenth century, identifying its principal aims and methods; provides an analysis of the selected plays, mapping their key preoccupations, and ends by considering Naturalism's enduring legacy and resonance today.

Naturalism in Theatre

Naturalism in Theatre
Author: Kenneth Pickering
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018-03-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137329114

An accessible survey of the development of naturalism and its effects on modern-day theatre. Taking into account the philosophical, scientific and aesthetic ideas that constituted the movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book examines why naturalism is still a dominant mode of performance in theatre.

The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance

The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance
Author: Paul Allain
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1134517963

Discussing some of the pivotal questions relating to the complementary fields of theatre and performance studies, this engaging, easy-to-use text is undoubtedly a perfect reference guide for the keen student and passionate theatre-goer alike.

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1
Author: Peta Tait
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-10-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 147425988X

This volume assesses the contributions of André Antoine, Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis, whose work has influenced theatre and training for over a century. These directors pioneered Naturalism and refined Realism as they experimented with theatrical form including non-Realism. Antoine and Stanislavski's theatre direction proved foundational to the creation of the director's role and artistic vision, and their influential ideas progressively developed through the stylized theatre of Saint-Denis to the innovative contemporary theatre direction of Max Stafford-Clark, Declan Donnellan and Katie Mitchell.

The Art of Theater

The Art of Theater
Author: James R. Hamilton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0470766107

The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships An important and original contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater

Beyond Naturalism

Beyond Naturalism
Author: William W. Demastes
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988-11-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0313263205

Demastes draws a distinction between the genus realism and its central species, naturalism. He studies, from an historical perspective, the growth of realism into the foremost aesthetic form in 20th century theater, and focuses on American playwrights who have used realism to challenge outdated and essentially naturalist thought, thereby infusing realism with fresh and contemporary perspectives of the world around them. Demastes analyzes the unique contributions of David Rabe, David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Charles Fuller, Beth Henley, and Marsha Norman, and assesses their overall critical reception. ISBN 0-313-26320-5: $35.95.

Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre

Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre
Author: Maria Shevstova
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2004-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1134313225

Including a foreword by Simon Callow, this is the first ever full-length study of the internationally-acclaimed theatre company, and provides both a methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage.

Beyond Naturalism

Beyond Naturalism
Author: William W. Demastes
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1988-11-15
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Demastes draws a distinction between the genus realism and its central species, naturalism. He studies, from an historical perspective, the growth of realism into the foremost aesthetic form in 20th century theater, and focuses on American playwrights who have used realism to challenge outdated and essentially naturalist thought, thereby infusing realism with fresh and contemporary perspectives of the world around them. Demastes analyzes the unique contributions of David Rabe, David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Charles Fuller, Beth Henley, and Marsha Norman, and assesses their overall critical reception. ISBN 0-313-26320-5: $35.95.