| Description |
x,374 pages, 31 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, plan, portraits ; 23cm |
| Contents |
From art to politics -- On the history of political theater -- Proletarian theater -- Central-theater -- The position of the Volksbuhne -- Flags -- R.R.R. -- The documentary play -- The proletarian amateur play -- A paraphrase on the Russian Revolution -- The craft -- Influences which ought not to exist -- Storm over Gotland -- Proclamation at the Herrenhaus -- Contradictions in the theater -- contradictions in the times -- Foundation and development of the Piscator-Buhne -- Confrontation with the times -- The globe-segment stage -- Epic satire -- The comedy of big business -- The year of the studio -- The collapse -- Survey of achievements and prospects -- Epilogue -- Chronological table of plays and events -- List of contemporary plats produced by Piscator 1919-1930 |
| Notes |
Translation of :Das politische Theater. Berlin,A.Schultz,1929 |
| Bibliography |
"List of contemporary plays produced by Piscator between 1919 and 1930": pages 368-369 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966.
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Theater -- Political aspects -- Germany.
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Theater -- Political aspects.
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Theater -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Theater -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
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Theatrical producers and directors -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Rorrison, Hugh.
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| LC no. |
78058463 |
| ISBN |
0380401886 (paperback) |
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