| Staging the Holocaust: The Shoah in Drama and Performance Contributor(s): Schumacher, Claude (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521624150 ISBN-13: 9780521624152 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: This book describes and analyzes theater productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany that deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays "in performance," and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Drama | Religious & Liturgical |
| Dewey: 809.293 |
| LCCN: 97028656 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.24" W x 9.27" (1.61 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book describes and analyzes theater productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany that deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays in performance, and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography. |