Meyerhold on Theatre

Name: Meyerhold on Theatre
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ISBN: 9780413387905

ISBN-10: 0413387909

ISBN-13: 9780413387905

Edition: 1998

Authors: Vsevolod Meyerhold, Vsevolod E. Meyerhold

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This is a major reissue of a book used by students of Vsevolod Meyerhold across the world. It was the first collection of Meyerhold's writings to appear in English and covers his entire career as a director from 1902 to 1939. Supplemented by descriptions and critical commentary relating Meyerhold to his period, the book is based on eyewitness accounts of his productions.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 4/6/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



The Search for New Forms (1902-1907)


Introduction


The Naturalistic Theatre and the Theatre of Mood


The New Theatre Foreshadowed in Literature


The Theatre-Studio


First Attempts at a Stylized Theatre


The Stylized Theatre


Notes on Productions



At the Imperial Theatres (1908-1917)


Introduction


Tristan and Isolde


Don Juan


Orpheus at the Marinsky Theatre



Doctor Dapertutto (1908-1917)


Introduction


The Fairground Booth


Notes on Productions


The Meyerhold Studio



October in the Theatre (1917-1921)


Introduction


On the Contemporary Theatre


Inaugural Speech to the Company of the R.S.F.S.R. Theatre No. 1


On the Staging of Verhaeren's The Dawn


Speech at an Open Debate on The Dawn


The Solitude of Stanislavsky



Biomechanics - Constructivism - Eccentrism - Cinefication (1921-1925)


Introduction


Biomechanics


The Magnanimous Cuckold


Pre-acting



The Government Inspector (1926)


Introduction


Observations on the Play


Meyerhold at Rehearsal



'An Alien Theatre' (1927-1940)


Introduction


The Reconstruction of the Theatre


The Lady of the Camellias


The Queen of Spades


A Reply to Criticism


At the Stanislavsky Opera



The Cinema


Introduction


The Picture of Dorian Gray


Chaplin and Chaplinism


Select Bibliography


Index