Vsevolod Meyerhold (Directors in Perspective) [Paperback]

Robert Leach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 26, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0521318432 | ISBN-13: 978-0521318433

This book traces the career of the Russian revolutionary theater director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, from his early years as a founding member of the Moscow Art Theater with Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, through his Symbolist period, his experiments with commedia dell'arte and other popular forms, and his glittering triumphs in the tsarist imperial theaters. Leach examines Meyerhold at the height of his fame and influence after the Russian Revolution and during his demise in the Stalin era. He describes in detail Meyerhold's "system" of theater, which involved the audience, the place of the forestage, "biomechanics" and actor training, and the mise-en-scene. An exploration of Meyerhold's legacy, which can be detected in the work of Brecht, Eisenstein, Peter Brook and others, concludes the study.

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"Vsevolod Meyerhold is a cogently written overview of a fascinating theatrical era and its greatest single exemplar...." James Fisher, Comparative Drama

Book Description

The career of the Russian revolutionary theater director is traced from his early years as a founding member of the Moscow Art Theater through his Symbolist period, his experiments with commedia dell'arte and other popular forms and his triumphs in the tsarist imperial theaters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (February 26, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521318432
• ISBN-13: 978-0521318433
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,372,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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