Theatre of Real People: Diverse Encounters at Berlin's Hebbel Am Ufer and Beyond Contributor(s): Garde, Ulrike (Author), Mumford, Meg (Author), Brater, Enoch (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472580222 ISBN-13: 9781472580221 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - History | Europe - Germany - Drama |
Dewey: 792.09 |
Series: Methuen Drama Engage |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Theatre of Real People offers fresh perspectives on the current fascination with putting people on stage who present aspects of their own lives and who are not usually trained actors. After providing a history of this mode of performance, and theoretical frameworks for its analysis, the book focuses on work developed by seminal practitioners at Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) production house. It invites the reader to explore the HAU's innovative approach to Theatre of Real People, authenticity and cultural diversity during the period of Matthias Lilienthal's leadership (2003-12). Garde and Mumford also elucidate how Theatre of Real People can create and destabilise a sense of the authentic, and suggest how Authenticity-Effects can present new ways of perceiving diverse and unfamiliar people. Through a detailed analysis of key HAU productions such as Lilienthal's brainchild X-Apartments, Mobile Academy's Blackmarket, and Rimini Protokoll's 100% City, the book explores both the artistic agenda of an important European theatre institution, and a crucial aspect of contemporary theatre's social engagement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brater, Enoch: - Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Professor of English and Theater at the University of Michigan and the series editor of Methuen Drama's Miller scholarly editions. He has written extensively on the work of Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller. Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Professor of English and Theater at the University of Michigan. He is series editor of Methuen Drama's Arthur Miller scholarly editions, and with Mark Taylor-Batty of Methuen Drama's Engage series. He has written extensively on the work of Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller. Taylor-Batty, Mark: - Mark Taylor-Batty is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Workshop Theatre, School of English, University of Leeds, in the UK. He is co-author with Juliette Taylor-Batty, of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and has authored two further books on Harold Pinter's writings. |