{"product_id":"the-great-european-stage-directors-set-1-volumes-1-4-pre-1950-great-stage-directors","title":"The Great European Stage Directors Set 1: Volumes 1-4: Pre-1950 (Great Stage Directors)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume 1: Stanislavski, Antoine, Saint Denis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Peta Tait (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVolume 2: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by David Barnett (University of York, UK) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVolume 3: Copeau, Komisarjevsky, Guthrie\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds, UK) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVolume 4: Reinhardt, Granville Barker, Jessner\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Michael Patterson (Emeritus, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK. He conceived and edits Palgrave's Readings in Theatre Practice series, for which his volume \u003ci\u003eDirection\u003c\/i\u003eappeared in 2012. Among his other titles are \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrama\/Theatre\/Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mick Wallis), and \u003ci\u003eStudying Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mick Wallis, Bloomsbury, 2010). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProfessor Peta Tait\u003c\/b\u003e (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) is an academic scholar and playwright with an extensive background in theatre, dramatic literature, performance theory and creative arts practice. She has authored four scholarly books, and edited and co-edited three further books, with sixty other publications including articles in \n\u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eModern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003ePerformance Research\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDavid Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre at the University of York, UK. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eBrecht in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014) and \n\u003ci\u003eA History of the Berliner Ensemble\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and editor of Bertolt Brecht's \n\u003ci\u003e Berliner Ensemble Adaptations\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014). \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJonathan Pitches\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Russians in Britain: British Theatre and the Influence of the Russian Tradition of Acting\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \n\u003ci\u003ePerformance Perspectives: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \n\u003ci\u003eStanislavsky in the World\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dr Stefan Aquilina, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016). \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His publications include \n\u003ci\u003eStrategies of Political Theatre \u003c\/i\u003e(2006) and \n\u003ci\u003eGerman Theatre: A Bibliography from the Beginning to 1995\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Stage Directors Set I\u003c\/i\u003e offers an an authoritative account of the work, lineage and legacy of the major theatre directors from the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Across the four volumes and the companion series \u003ci\u003eSet II: European Post-1950\u003c\/i\u003e, it provides a uniquely rich study of the genealogy and development of a practice through focus on individual directors and the wider context and artform in which they worked. For professional practitioners and those developing their skills, as well as those engaged in the analysis of theatre practices, forms and history, it will prove an essential resource. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach volume provides substantial treatment of three major directors, with each director considered by two specialists, combining analysis of the director's practical craft with accounts of the historical, cultural and theoretical context of their practice. Links between the featured directors and other artists and directors from the period are traced to round out the picture of influences and artistic development. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 1: Stanislavski, Antoine and Saint Denis (edited by Professor Peta Tait, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia): the engagement with 'realism' \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 2: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht (edited by Dr David Barnett, University of Sussex, UK): theatre as a mechanism of political enactment and critique, with the experiments in acting practice, scenic arrangements and audience address \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 3: Copeau, Komisarjevsky, Guthrie (edited by Professor Simon Shepherd, Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK): experiments in modes of working and staging \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 4: Reinhardt, Granville Barker, Jessner (edited by Professor Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany): the engagement with aesthetic modernism as part of a set of formal languages, leading to new approaches to the expressive apparatus \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eShepherd, Simon\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448987336835,"sku":"9781474254113","price":690.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781474254113.jpg?v=1783319717","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/the-great-european-stage-directors-set-1-volumes-1-4-pre-1950-great-stage-directors","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}