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Author : Sheldon Cheney
Release : 1912
Genre : Theater
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Book Synopsis Sheldon Cheney - Gordon Craig Correspondence by : Sheldon Cheney
Download or read book Sheldon Cheney - Gordon Craig Correspondence written by Sheldon Cheney. This book was released on 1912. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes original letters, transcripts, notes, and related materials on theater.
Author : Sheldon Cheney
Release : 1913
Genre : Theater
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Book Synopsis Gordon Craig's Service to the Theatre by : Sheldon Cheney
Download or read book Gordon Craig's Service to the Theatre written by Sheldon Cheney. This book was released on 1913. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irène Eynat-Confino
Release : 1987
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Mask by : Irène Eynat-Confino
Download or read book Beyond the Mask written by Irène Eynat-Confino. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eynat-Confino goes beyond the usual consideration of Craig's purported theories of the actor, scenery, and the scene painter to get at the heart of Craig's idea of theater. She draws not only on the research of contemporary Craig scholars but on material hitherto unavailable--his writings and daybooks and the writings of friends. She ties Craig's encounter with Isadora Duncan to a decisive modification in his notion of movement. To have an instrument more controllable than the actor, he invented the über-marionette, a giant puppet. Craig also invented the "Scene," a kinetic stage, the "screens" that brought him worldwide fame were simply an adaptation of this concept. Eynat-Confino argues that a scenario Craig wrote in 1905, here published for the first time, reveals a theosophical system like that of Blake, a system that was the main force motivating Craig's artistic quest. In her final chapter, she carefully examines the psychological, aesthetic, and circumstantial factors that kept Craig from completing his work to bring "friendliness--humor--love--ease--peace" to the world.
Author : DeAnna M. Toten Beard
Release : 2010
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 668/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine by : DeAnna M. Toten Beard
Download or read book Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine written by DeAnna M. Toten Beard. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early decades of the 20th century, Sheldon Cheney was the American theatre's zealous missionary for modernism. In 1916, Cheney founded Theatre Arts Magazine in Detroit with the intent to foster and support a 'renaissance' in America. Through this publication, Cheney gave voice to scores of 'little theatres'_groups around the country with artistic aspirations and local commitment that would become the models for the American regional theatre movement later in the century. In the first five years of Theatre Arts Magazine are the keys to understanding the progressive movement for a modern American theatre: the tension between commercial and non-commercial theatre, the yearning for more than realistic scenery, and the call for an 'authentic' American voice in playwriting. Publishing articles, photographs, and drawings by modernist stage designers, Cheney helped popularize the New Stagecraft and elevated the identity of the American scenic designer from a craftsperson to an artist. As progressives around the country read Theatre Arts Magazine, Cheney's assessment of the sins of American commercial theatre and the plan for its salvation eventually became the convictions of a generation. Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine: Promoting a Modern American Theatre, 1916-1921 enriches understanding of a critical period in American history and illuminates major issues of 20th century theatre and drama. Author DeAnna Toten Beard gives a brief history of the magazine, biographical information about Cheney, and an explanation of his philosophy of modernist theatre. Each chapter of the book considers a different topic relevant to Cheney's magazine, and selected articles are enhanced by full notations. This collection will help readers understand the dynamic nature of the discourse on modernism in America in the World War I era and, by extension, may even encourage fresh considerations about our contemporary stage.
Author : Laurence Senelick
Release : 1982-09-28
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Gordon Craig's Moscow Hamlet by : Laurence Senelick
Download or read book Gordon Craig's Moscow Hamlet written by Laurence Senelick. This book was released on 1982-09-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
