ABSTRACT

`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

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|8 pages

Stanislavsky's Life in Art

chapter 3|7 pages

The School of Realism

chapter 4|10 pages

Meyerhold and the Russian Avant-garde

chapter 5|4 pages

Taïrov and the Synthetic Theatre

chapter 6|5 pages

Vakhtangov's Achievement

chapter 7|13 pages

Craig and Appia – Visionaries

chapter 8|9 pages

Copeau – Father of the Modern Theatre

chapter 9|12 pages

Reinhardt, Piscator and Brecht

chapter 12|13 pages

Further Experiments Today – in America

chapter 14|14 pages

Anna Halprin and the Dancers' Workshop

chapter 15|7 pages

Grotowski and the Poor Theatre

chapter 16|11 pages

Grotowski and the Journey to the East

chapter 17|11 pages

Eugenio Barba and the Third Theatre

chapter 19|14 pages

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