ABSTRACT

Adolphe Appia swept away the foundations of traditional theatre and set the agenda for the development of theatrical practice this century. In Adolphe Appia: Texts on Theatre, Richard Beacham brings together for the first time selections from all his major writings. The publication of these essays, many of which have long been unavailable in English, represents a significant addition to our understanding of the development of theatrical art. It will be an invaluable sourcebook for theatre students and welcomed as an important contribution to the literature of the modern stage.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction Adolphe Appia, 1862–1928

part I|51 pages

The reformation of theatrical production

part II|39 pages

Writings on eurhythmics

chapter 5|5 pages

Introduction

chapter 7|3 pages

Return to Music (1906)

chapter 8|3 pages

Style and Solidarity (1909)

chapter 10|5 pages

Eurhythmies and the Theatre (1911)

chapter 11|4 pages

Eurhythmies and Light (1912)

chapter 12|7 pages

Concerning for Eurhythmies (1912)

part III|44 pages

Essays on the art of the theatre

chapter 13|5 pages

Introduction

chapter 14|2 pages

Actor, Space, Light, Painting6 (1919)

chapter 15|3 pages

Art is an Attitude8 (1920)

chapter 16|5 pages

Living Art or Dead Nature? (1921)

chapter 18|9 pages

Monumentality (1922)

part IV|63 pages

Aesthetic and prophetic writings

chapter 20|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 22|12 pages

The Work of Living Art (1919) [Excerpts]7

chapter 23|18 pages

The Gesture of Art (1921)

chapter 24|6 pages

Picturesqueness (1922)

chapter 25|8 pages

Mechanization (1922)

chapter 26|3 pages

The Former Attitude (1921)