The Dubious Spectacle: Extremities of Theater, 1976-2000
by Herbert Blau
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Spanning a quarter of a century, the essays in this book rehearse, in the movement of memory and cross-reflection, an extensive career in theater. The work of Herbert Blau-his directing, writing, and criticism-has been a determining force during this period as theater encounters theory.Tags
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Herbert Blau is Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor Emeritus of the Humanities at the University of Washington, USA. He has also had a parallel career in the theater, as co-founder and co-director of The Actor's Workshop of San Francisco, then co-director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in New York, and as artistic director of the show more experimental group KRAKEN. His publications include The Dubious Spectacle: Extremities of Theater (2002), Nothing in Itself: Complexions of Fashion (1988), Sails of the Herring Fleet: Essays on Beckett (2004), As If: An Autobiography (Volume 1, 2012), and Reality Principles: From the Absurd to the Virtual (2011). show less
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- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, History, Philosophy
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- 792.01 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations modified standard subdivisions Philosophy and theory
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- PN2039 .B577 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater
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