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.

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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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792.01Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsStage presentationsmodified standard subdivisionsPhilosophy and theory
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PN2039 .B577Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaDramatic representation. The theater
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