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The revisionist stage : American directors reinvent the classics
- Title
- The revisionist stage : American directors reinvent the classics / Amy S. Green.
- Author
- Green, Amy S.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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- Description
- xii, 226 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Revisionist Stage salutes the achievements of a revolutionary group of American directors who have galvanized the standard dramatic repertoire by reworking classic theatre into new forms for the contemporary stage. First setting out comprehensive theoretical and practical overviews of the field, Green goes on to present a critical history that features bold directorial ventures by JoAnne Akalaitis, Lee Breuer, Liviu Ciulei, Richard Foreman, Joseph Papp, Lucian Pintilie, Richard Schechner, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Robert Woodruff, and Garland Wright. Green's critique ranges from works grounded in one historical period (Greek and Roman plays) to those authored by one playwright (Shakespeare, Moliere, and the operas of Mozart and da Ponte). Specifically discussed are such theatrical events as Serban's Fragments of a Trilogy, Breuer's The Gospel at Colonus and Lear, and Peter Sellars's operatic trilogy.
- With singular versatility and insight, Green thus leads the way to a more informed reading of the business of theatrical revision, challenging its claims, celebrating its ingenuities, and conducting a full-scale investigation of a genre remarkable both for its richness and for its ability to arouse spirited public debate.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-216) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Reinventing Classic Theatre -- 2. Historical Precedents in Europe and America -- 3. Greek and Roman Plays. Andrei Serban's Fragments of a Greek Trilogy, Richard Schechner's Oedipus (Seneca), and Lee Breuer's The Gospel at Colonus -- 4. The Plays of Shakespeare. Joseph Papp's "Naked" Hamlet, Robert Woodruff and the Flying Karamazov's The Comedy of Errors, JoAnne Akalaitis's Cymbeline, and Lee Breuer's Lear -- 5. The Plays of Moliere. Andrei Serban's The Miser, Garland Wright's The Misanthrope and Don Juan, Richard Foreman's Don Juan, Liviu Ciulei's Don Juan, and Lucian Pintilie's Tartuffe -- 6. Peter Sellars's Mozart -- da Ponte Trilogy. Peter Sellars's Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, and Le Nozze di Figaro -- 7. The Classics, Postmodernism, and the Question of Coherence.
- ISBN
- 0521453437
- 9780521453431
- 0521028922
- 9780521028929
- LCCN
- 94015310
- 9780521453431
- OCLC
- ocm30319784
- 30319784
- SCSB-2033078
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library