Beschreibung:
In this new and updated edition of his well-known study, readers will gain insight into a key period of theatrical history and the life of one of its most fascinating individuals.
Introduction to the SeriesList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements 1. Prologue: The argument2. Scene changes: Victorian theater, an acting career and points of departure 3. A rising action: Design and movement 4. Problem drama: Texts and performers 5. A play of ideas: Principles, theory and an Übermarionette 6. Toward a new theater: Masques, screens and a Hamlet 7. The theater of the future: Scene, puppets and a religious festival 8. Final bow: A school and the printed word 9. Curtain call: Craig's vision and contemporary theater 10. Programme notes: Craig on TheaterEdward Gordon Craig, 1872-1966: A theatrical chronologyNotesSelect BibliographyIndex