Experimental Theatre

James Roose-Evans, one of Britain's most innovative directors, traces the origins of the avant-garde in the theatre through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski.

Authored by Roose-Evans, James

Illustrations, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, 2 Stanislavsky's Life in Art, 3 The School of Realism, 4 Meyerhold and the Russian Avant-garde, 5 Taïrov and the Synthetic Theatre, 6 Vakhtangov's Achievement, 7 Craig and Appia - Visionaries, 8 Copeau - Father of the Modern Theatre, 9 Reinhardt, Piscator and Brecht, 10 The Theatre of Ecstasy - Artaud, Okhlopkov, Savary, 11 The Contribution of the Modern Dance - Martha Graham and Alwin Nikolais, 12 Further Experiments Today - in America, 13 Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson and the Bread and Puppet Theatre, 14 Anna Halprin and the Dancers' Workshop, 15 Grotowski and the Poor Theatre, 16 Grotowski and the Journey to the East, 17 Eugenio Barba and the Third Theatre, 18 The Mountain with Many Caves: Peter Brook, Alfred Wolfsohn and Roy Hart, 19 Towards AD 2,000, Epilogue, Bibliography, Recommended Further Reading, Index