This book is a lens through which the reader may view the German theatre in the middle of the twentieth century. It offers an inside look at the upheavals and personalities shaping the German theatre from 1925 to 1961, when playwright Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and director Heinz Hilpert (1890-1967) together created their major works. Their partnership is the book's major focus, although Brecht, Reinhardt, Kortner, and other major German theatre artists are prominent. The lens sweeps across the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and finally the Cold War period to examine in detail many events, people, and places important in German theatre history which have, to date, remained unchronicled in English.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-10
0820414050
ISBN-13
9780820414058
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178038926
Product Key Features
Author
William Grange
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Other Performing Arts
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
500g
Additional Product Features
Issn
0888-3904
Series Part/Volume Number
43
First Published
1991
Series Title
Studies in Modern German Literature
Author Biography
The Author: William Grange's interest in the German theatre began in the 1960s when he was a college student. He has worked as a professional actor and director throughout the United States, earned advanced degrees from Columbia and Indiana Universities, received numerous fellowships (including one from the German Academic Exchange Service to begin research on this book), published widely in scholarly journals, and is presently Chairman of the Department of Performing Arts at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date of Publication
01/01/1991
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Other Performing Arts
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