Brecht And The Writer S Workshop

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781474273305

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Brecht and the Writer's Workshop by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

Brecht was never inclined to see any of his plays as completely finished, and this volume collects some of the most important theatrical projects and fragments that were always to remain 'works in progress'. Offering an invaluable insight into the writer's working methods and practices, the collection features the famous Fatzer as well as The Bread Store and Judith of Shimoda, along with other texts that have never before been available in English. Alongside the familiar, 'completed' plays, Brecht worked on many ideas and plans which he never managed to work up even once for print or stage. In pieces like Fleischhacker, Garbe/Büsching and Jacob Trotalong we see how such projects were abandoned or interrupted or became proving grounds for ideas and techniques. The works collated here span over thirty years and allow the reader to follow Brecht's creative process as he constantly revised his work to engage with new contexts. This treasure-trove of new discoveries is also annotated with dramaturgical notes to present readable and useable texts for the theatre. The volume is edited by Tom Kuhn and Charlotte Ryland, with the translation and dramaturgical edition of each play provided by a team of experienced writers, scholars and translators.

Author : James Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107030824

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British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith Pdf

The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960.

Author : Writers Workshop (Calcutta, India)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCAL:B3090102

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Writers Workshop Miscellany by Writers Workshop (Calcutta, India) Pdf

Author : Writers Workshop (Calcutta, India)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Indic literature (English)
ISBN : UCAL:B3090104

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Writers Workshop by Writers Workshop (Calcutta, India) Pdf

Author : Luke McDonagh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509927050

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Performing Copyright by Luke McDonagh Pdf

Based on empirical research, this innovative book explores issues of performativity and authorship in the theatre world under copyright law and addresses several inter-connected questions: who is the author and first owner of a dramatic work? Who gets the credit and the licensing rights? What rights do the performers of the work have? Given the nature of theatre as a medium reliant on the re-use of prior existing works, tropes, themes and plots, what happens if an allegation of copyright infringement is made against a playwright? Furthermore, who possesses moral rights over the work? To evaluate these questions in the context of theatre, the first part of the book examines the history of the dramatic work both as text and as performative work. The second part explores the notions of authorship and joint authorship under copyright law as they apply to the actual process of creating plays, referring to legal and theatrical literature, as well as empirical research. The third part looks at the notion of copyright infringement in the context of theatre, noting that cases of alleged theatrical infringement reach the courts comparatively rarely in comparison with music cases, and assessing the reasons for this with respect to empirical research. The fourth part examines the way moral rights of attribution and integrity work in the context of theatre. The book concludes with a prescriptive comment on how law should respond to the challenges provided by the theatrical context, and how theatre should respond to law. Very original and innovative, this book proposes a ground-breaking empirical approach to study the implications of copyright law in society and makes a wonderful case for the need to consider the reciprocal influence between law and practice.

Author : Amitava Kumar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780520922686

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Passport Photos by Amitava Kumar Pdf

Passport Photos, a self-conscious act of artistic and intellectual forgery, is a report on the immigrant condition. A multigenre book combining theory, poetry, cultural criticism, and photography, it explores the complexities of the immigration experience, intervening in the impersonal language of the state. Passport Photos joins books by writers like Edward Said and Trinh T. Minh-ha in the search for a new poetics and politics of diaspora. Organized as a passport, Passport Photos is a unique work, taking as its object of analysis and engagement the lived experience of post-coloniality--especially in the United States and India. The book is a collage, moving back and forth between places, historical moments, voices, and levels of analysis. Seeking to link cultural, political, and aesthetic critiques, it weaves together issues as diverse as Indian fiction written in English, signs put up by the border patrol at the U.S.-Tijuana border, ethnic restaurants in New York City, the history of Indian indenture in Trinidad, Native Americans at the Superbowl, and much more. The borders this book crosses again and again are those where critical theory meets popular journalism, and where political poetry encounters the work of documentary photography. The argument for such border crossings lies in the reality of people's lives. This thought-provoking book explores that reality, as it brings postcolonial theory to a personal level and investigates global influences on local lives of immigrants.

Author : Jonathan Kalb
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780879109653

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The Theater of Heiner MŸller by Jonathan Kalb Pdf

The revised and enlarged edition of the first comprehensive English-language study of the work of Heiner Muller, widely regarded as Bertolt Brecht's spiritual heir and as one of the most important German playwrights of the twentieth century. "Kalb's quest to try and penetrate some of the surfaces of what he calls this 'glacially infuriating writer' is engrossing, and he negotiates his own ambivalences and reservations about Muller as theatre-maker and man with both honesty and adroitness...As a piece of scholarship [this] is a breathtaking tour de force." -Mary Luckhurst, New Theatre Quarterly

Author : Peter Billingham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781408147696

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At the Sharp End: Uncovering the Work of Five Leading Dramatists by Peter Billingham Pdf

What value does theatre have in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century? How has theatre responded to the challenge of remaining relevant in the media-saturated world of today? These are the questions that underpin this stimulating study of some of the leading dramatists of contemporary British theatre. At the Sharp End sets the scene examining how the forces that created a revolution in theatre fifty years ago have been replaced by a new wave of political and social issues. It goes on to explore the ways in which five key writers have sought to reflect and wrestle with the changing character of modern Britain. The work of David Edgar, David Greig, Mark Ravenhill, Tanika Gupta and Tim Etchells' company Forced Entertainment is considered, with recent plays examined in detail, an interview with each writer; and suggestions of other writers and plays for reading and comparison. At the Sharp End provides the perfect companion for anyone wanting to understand the changing face of contemporary drama and the writers whose work is making an impact on our stages today.

Author : John Willett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474243070

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Brecht In Context by John Willett Pdf

New edition, revised for the centenary of Brecht's birth, containing additional updated material In this classic study, John Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time. Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to contemporary politics, English and American literature, Expressionism, music, art and cinema, as well as to such figures as Auden, Kipling and Piscator, the book presents a detailed and wide-ranging account of one of the most significant men of this century. "An outstanding introduction to its subject. . . will immeasurably enrich Brechtians young and old, especially those who think they know it all" (Times Educational Supplement); "Economical, witty and unpretentious in a way that Brecht would have liked, but immensely well-informed and thoroughly documented, seems certain to become required reading for anyone seriously interested in the dramatist" (London Review of Books); "An extraordinarily rich volume, which succeeds in being packed but uncrowded" (New Statesman)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112949990

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Poets & Writers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015058359426

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Current Book Review Citations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tessa Swithinbank
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136534317

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Coming Up from the Streets by Tessa Swithinbank Pdf

The success story of The Big Issue is both inspirational and paradoxical; rather than a charity, it is a flourishing commercial enterprise, but one that genuinely benefits those involved. The magazine is sold by homeless and vulnerable people and, in return, they achieve financial independence and status and self-reliance. The story of the paper's development has a practical angle; it should offer help and insights to NGOs and governments involved with the homeless, or to those businesses wishing to set up enterprises for the common good.

Author : Janelle G. Reinelt
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0472084089

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After Brecht by Janelle G. Reinelt Pdf

How contemporary British political theater has evolved and expanded from the legacy of Bertolt Brecht

Author : Jean-Michel Palmier
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784786458

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Weimar in Exile by Jean-Michel Palmier Pdf

In 1933 thousands of intellectuals, artists, writers, militants and other opponents of the Nazi regime fled Germany. They were, in the words of Heinrich Mann, "the best of Germany," refusing to remain citizens in this new state that legalized terror and brutality. Exiled across the world, they continued the fight against Nazism in prose, poetry, painting, architecture, film and theater. Weimar in Exile follows these lives, from the rise of national socialism to their return to a ruined homeland, retracing their stories, struggles, setbacks and rare victories. The dignity in exile of Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Dblin, Hanns Eisler, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Anna Seghers, Ernst Toller, Stefan Zweig and many others provides a counterpoint to the story of Germany under the Nazis.

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781474251280

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Bertolt Brecht Journals, 1934-55 by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

"Those who dismiss Brecht as a yea-sayer to Stalinism are advised to read these journals and moderate their opinion." (Paul Bailey, Weekend Telegraph) Brecht's "Work Journals" cover the period from 1938 to 1955, the years of exile in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and America, and his return via Switzerland to East Berlin. His criticisms of the work of other writers and intellectuals are perceptive and polemic, and the accounts of his own writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works of the period, the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre. Also integrated into the journals are Brecht's immediate reactions to and commentary upon the events of the period: his political exile's view of the course of World War II and his account of the House Un-American Activities committee."A marvellous, motley collage of political ideas, domestic detail, artistic debate, poems, photographs and cuttings from newspapers and magazines, assembled, undoubtedly for posterity by one of the great writers of the century" (New Statesman and Society)