The Theatrical Contributions of "Jacques"
Author | : Jacques (pseud.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jacques (pseud.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : Maurice Kurtz |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780809322572 |
The French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) opened his Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris in 1913. Copeau was well on his way to exerting a major influence in the theater in the year that saw the end of the career of the dominant innovator of an earlier generation, André Antoine, whose Théâtre Libre (Free Stage) had featured an uncompromising realism. In marked contrast to Antoine, Copeau returned the poetry and freshness to Shakespeare and Moliére. By May 1914, Paris and Europe had recognized his genius and his special gift to the theater. Yet like Antoine, Copeau wanted to sweep "staginess" from the stage, to banish overacting, overdressing, and flashy house trappings. To cleanse the stage of its artificiality, he created a fixed, architectural acting space where dramatic literature and theater technique could live in harmony and thrive in freedom of thought and movement. A major part of his program was teaching actors and actresses their craft. Maurice Kurtz points out that the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier incarnates the "ideal of Copeau's stubborn struggle to remain strong in the face of indifference, independent in the face of success, proud in the face of defeat. It is the story of group spirit in its purest, most eloquent form, the spirit of personal sacrifice of all for the dignity of their art." Kurtz here re-creates the vitality Copeau imbued in theater artists throughout the world. He conveys Copeau's enthusiasm, the crusading spirit that enabled Copeau and his Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier to transform experimentation into tradition, into the heritage of civilization. He has written a biography of a theater that was tremendously influential in Europe and America.
Author | : David Grimsted |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520059962 |
David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.
Author | : Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library) |
Publisher | : Boston : The Trustees |
Total Pages | : 976 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : M. Frances Cooper |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780810805132 |
This printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.
Author | : William Evans Burton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : Book auctions |
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Author | : Susan McCready |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2016-09-21 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1498522793 |
Staging Francebetween the World Wars aims to establish the nature and significance of the modernist transformation of French theater between the world wars, and to elucidate the relationship between aesthetics and the cultural, economic, and political context of the period. Over the course of the 1920s and 30s, as the modernist directors elaborated a theatrical tradition redefined along new lines: more abstract, more fluid, and more open to interpretation, their work was often contested, especially when they addressed the classics of the French theatrical repertory. This study consists largely of the analysis of productions of classic plays staged during the interwar years, and focuses on the contributions of Jacques Copeau and the Cartel because of their prominence in the modernist movement and their outspoken promotion of the role of the theatrical director in general. Copeau and the Cartel began on the margins of theatrical activity, but over the course of the interwar period, their movement gained mainstream acceptance and official status within the theater world. Tracing their trajectory from fringe to center, from underdogs to elder statesmen, this study illuminates both the evolution of the modernist aesthetic and the rise of the metteur-en-scène, whose influence would reshape the French theatrical canon.
Author | : William Cullen Bryant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1827 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : American periodicals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joseph Sabin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : |