1st Edition
The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners Volume One
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1. STANISLAVSKI (1863–1938) – Bella Merlin
1.1 BIOGRAPHY IN SOCIAL AND ARTISTIC CONTEXT
1.2 DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SEAGULL
2. MEYERHOLD (1874–1940) – Jonathan Pitches
2.1 A LIFE OF CONTRADICTIONS
2.2 MEYERHOLD’S KEY PRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
3. COPEAU (1879–1949) – Mark Evans
3.1 THE LIFE OF JACQUES COPEAU ¿
3.2 COPEAU’S IDEAS IN PRODUCTION: LES FOURBERIES ¿DE SCAPIN
4. LABAN (1879–1958) – Karen K. Bradley
4.1 LABAN’S CORE: BIOGRAPHY
4.2 THE TANZTHEATER AND ANALYSIS OF A WORK: DIE GRÜNEN CLOWNS
5. WIGMAN (1886–1973) – Mary Anne Santos Newhall
5.1 MARY WIGMAN: A LIFE IN DANCE
5.2 MARY WIGMAN AS CHOREOGRAPHER: CHOOSING THE FOCUS
6. CHEKHOV (1891–1955) – Franc Chamberlain
6.1 BIOGRAPHY AND CONTEXT
6.2 CHEKHOV AS DIRECTOR
7. BRECHT (1898–1956) – Meg Mumford
7.1 A LIFE IN FLUX
7.2 THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE: A PRODUCTION MODEL
8. DECROUX (1898–1991) – Thomas Leabhart
8.1 A PROMETHEAN LIFE
8.2 DECROUX AS DIRECTOR/CREATOR: HOW DID DECROUX MAKE A PERFORMANCE?
9. OHNO (1906–2010) and HIJIKATA (1928–1986) – Sondra Fraleigh and Tamah Nakamura
9.1 BUTOH SHAPESHIFTERS
9.2 DANCES OF DEATH, SACRIFICE, AND SPIRIT
10. LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002) – Nadine Holdsworth
10.1 BIOGRAPHY IN POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ARTISTIC CONTEXT
10.2 DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF OH WHAT A¿ LOVELY WAR
Index
Biography
Franc Chamberlain is Professor of Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Huddersfield, UK and the series editor for Routledge Performance Practitioners.
Bernadette Sweeney is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the School of Theatre & Dance at the University of Montana, USA and co-editor with Franc Chamberlain of the expanded Routledge Performance Practitioners series.
