This study of the Piscatorbü hne season of 1927-1928 uncovers a vital, previously neglected current of radical experiment in modern theater, a ghost in the machine of contemporary performance practices.
A handful of theater seasons changed the course of 20th- and 21st-century theatre. But only the Piscatorbü hne of 1927-1928 went bankrupt in less than a year. This exploration tells the story of that collapse, how it predicted the wider collapse of the late Weimar Republic, and how it relates to our own era of political polarization and economic instability. As a wider examination of Piscator's contributions to dramaturgical and aesthetic form, The Piscatorbü hne Century makes a powerful and timely case for the renewed significance of the broader epic theater tradition. Drawing on a rich archive of interwar materials, Drew Lichtenberg reconstructs this germinal nexus of theory and praxis for the modern theatre.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre, performance, art, and literature.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. The Founding and Principles of the Piscatorbühne; 2. Piscator in Context; 3. Piscatorbühne 1927-1928; 4. Brecht and Piscator: Dialectical Affinities; 5. The Piscator Lines of the Modern Theater
