| Visual AIDS in the Productions of the First Piscator-Buehne 1927-28 Contributor(s): McAlpine, Sheila (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631431449 ISBN-13: 9783631431443 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $81.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Direction & Production - Drama - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 792.023 |
| LCCN: 90015532 |
| Series: European University Studies. Series XXIII, Theology |
| Physical Information: 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This analysis of four major productions by Erwin Piscator, "Hoppla, Rasputin, Schweik" and "Konjunktur" (1927/28), examines the nature of his pioneering visual effects. The films, projections, cartoons, elaborate sets and machinery - here designated 'visual aids' - are shown to have a didactic function. They 'frame' the action politically, thus evolving a sophisticated new theatrical method. Comparison with Brecht's work establishes differences of emphasis in the approach to a common goal. Piscator's montage of disparate elements is seen as a vital contribution to epic theatre. |