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Author Ostermeier, Thomas, 1968- author.

Title The theatre of Thomas Ostermeier / Thomas Ostermeier and Peter Boenisch
Published London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Playing with the R(ealism) effect: An introduction to Thomas Ostermeier's theatre work; 2 Ostermeier writings [1]: Towards a new realism; 2.1 Theatre in the age of its acceleration (1999); 2.2 Insights into the reality of human community: A defence of realism in theatre (2009); 3 Making theatre with Thomas Ostermeier; 3.1 Creating stage spaces like it is not possible anywhere else: Jan Pappelbaum on twenty years of inventing spaces for Thomas Ostermeier
3.2 Revealing truths about human existence: Lars Eidinger on 'acting Ostermeier'3.3 A whole new world to explore: Sébastien Dupouey on his video artworks for Thomas Ostermeier's theatre; 4 Ostermeier writings [2]: 'It's us': Ibsen's plays and contemporary worries; 4.1 'Theatre against fear': Thomas Ostermeier in conversation with Àlex Rigola (2005); 4.2 Reading and staging Ibsen (2010); 5 Ostermeier at work [1]: An Enemy of the People (2012); 5.1 The dramaturg's work: Florian Borchmeyer; 5.2 The actors' work: The path towards An Enemy of the People
5.3 Ein Volksfeind around the world: The actors' diary5.4 The artist's work: Katharina Ziemke; 5.5 The assistant's work: Christoph Schletz; 6 Ostermeier on directing; 6.1 The art of communicating: Thomas Ostermeier's 'inductive method' of Regie; 6.2 A postscript on directing postdramatic theatre. And Shakespeare; 7 Ostermeier at work [2]: Richard III (2015); 7.1 Totus mundus agit histrionem:Reading and staging Shakespeare (2014); 7.2 Preparing Richard III:The longing for the disavowed abyss (September 2014); 7.3 Rehearsing Richard III:A diary (September 2014 to February 2015)
7.4 After Richard:Mission 'Ensemble Acting' (June 2015)8 Ostermeier writings [3]: The politics of contemporary theatre; 8.1 'The more political we are, the better we sell': A conversation about the political potential of directing classical drama and the nasty traps of today's cultural industry (2014); 8.2 The future of theatre (2013); Appendix:; A.1 Thomas Ostermeier: Works 1994-2015; A.2 Sources of the texts in this volume; Index; Plates
Summary With The Theatre of Thomas Ostermeier, the German director presents his directorial method for the first time. The book provides a toolkit for understanding and enacting the strategies of his advanced contemporary approach to staging dramatic texts. In addition, the book also includes: Ostermeier's seminal essays, lectures and manifestos translated into English for the first time. Over 140 photos from the archive of Arno Declair, who has documented Ostermeier's work at the Schaubühne Berlin for many years, and by others. In-depth 'casebook' studies of two of his productions: Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (2012) and Shakespeare's Richard III (2015). Contributions from Ostermeier's actors and his closest collaborators to show how his principles are put into practice. An extraordinary, richly illustrated insight into Ostermeier's working methods, this volume will be of interest to practitioners and scholars of contemporary European theatre alike. -- from back cover
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ostermeier, Thomas, 1968- -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Ostermeier, Thomas, 1968- fast
Ostermeier, Thomas 1968- gnd
Subject Theater -- Production and direction.
DRAMA / European.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater.
Theater -- Production and direction
Theaterarbeit
Inszenierung
Regie
Teater.
Teaterregissörer.
Teaterregi.
Iscensättningar.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Boenisch, Peter, author
ISBN 9781138914469
1138914460
9781138914476
1138914479
9781315690810
1315690810
9781317428237
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