`It is a pleasure to read. Well-written, free of cant, impressively wide-ranging. The book is really an introduction to the avant-garde.' - John Lahr
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`It is a pleasure to read. Well-written, free of cant, impressively wide-ranging. The book is really an introduction to the avant-garde.' - John Lahr
`Students and theatre buffs discontented with theatre as mere entertainment will find stimulation and excitement ... The author is not only knowledgeable but extraordinarily perceptive in his wide-ranging survey of the most challenging theatrical movements of our century.' - Publishers' Weekly
`This is one of the most succinct and readable works on avant-garde movements in theatre I have ever seen. Each director and movement is regarded in the light of the author's critical standards, the standards of a practical man of the theatre and a thinker as well.' - Library Journal
`The book is committed and erudite, cross-referring to the other arts, which, at least until drama broke away from the straightjacket of literature, usually preceded the theatre in avant-garde developments.' - Sunday Times
`It is clear, all-embracing and ... often enriching and stimulating.' - The Tablet
`A book which will repay constant re-reading by anyone seriously concerned with the art and practice of the theatre whether as student or practitioner.' - Amateur Stage
`No one interested in the development of the modern stage should miss this excellent book by the founder of the Hampstead Theatre.' - Rene Elvin, The Stage
`Students and theatre buffs discontented with theatre as mere entertainment will find stimulation and excitement ... The author is not only knowledgeable but extraordinarily perceptive in his wide-ranging survey of the most challenging theatrical movements of our century.' - Publishers' Weekly
`This is one of the most succinct and readable works on avant-garde movements in theatre I have ever seen. Each director and movement is regarded in the light of the author's critical standards, the standards of a practical man of the theatre and a thinker as well.' - Library Journal
`The book is committed and erudite, cross-referring to the other arts, which, at least until drama broke away from the straightjacket of literature, usually preceded the theatre in avant-garde developments.' - Sunday Times
`It is clear, all-embracing and ... often enriching and stimulating.' - The Tablet
`A book which will repay constant re-reading by anyone seriously concerned with the art and practice of the theatre whether as student or practitioner.' - Amateur Stage
`No one interested in the development of the modern stage should miss this excellent book by the founder of the Hampstead Theatre.' - Rene Elvin, The Stage
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James Roose-Evans founded and was the first artistic director of the Hampstead Theatre, and has directed many plays in the West End.
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magic circus, poor theatre, scenic space, experimental theatre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peter Brook, Martha Graham, Moscow Art Theatre, Anna Halprin, Peter Schumann, Roy Hart, Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Third Theatre, New York, Odin Teatret, Polish Laboratory Theatre, Alwin Nikolais, Eugenio Barba, Robert Wilson, John Heilpern, Performance Group, Grand Magic Circus, Jerzy Grotowski, Michel Saint-Denis, San Francisco, Jacques Copeau, Jean-Louis Barrault, Joseph Chaikin, Richard Schechner New!
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