| The Meiningen Court Theatre 1866-1890 Contributor(s): Osborne, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 052103082X ISBN-13: 9780521030823 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: During the late nineteenth century a remarkable combination of circumstances and individual talents permitted the court theater of a small German state to become the theaterical sensation of its age. The Meiningen Court Theater developed into an international touring company under the leadership of Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen. The company became famous throughout Europe and was a source of inspiration to future directors of the modern theater such as Antoine, Brahm, and Stanislavsky. This book is based on a wide range of published and unpublished contemporary document, photographs, and sketches, many of which are reproduced here. Osborne provides a broad cultural-historical context for the emergence of the Meiningen company and describes in detail the style and staging of productions, as well as the personality and directorial method of the Duke himself. Two famous items in the company's repertoire, Julius Caesar and Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, are selected for pariticular attention. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 792.094 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.83 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |