The Theater of Heiner Muller by Jonathan Kalb
The revised and enlarged edition of the first comprehensive English-language study of the work of Heiner M ller, 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 M ller 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
"Pleasing and easy to read..the book includes 15 excellent production photographs. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." Choice "...Kalb's close readings of the MUller oeuvre are incisive and refreshingly free of critical rhetoric..." Michael Bloom, American Theatre "This book will not only inspire theater scholars to take a closer look at MUller, it could also pave the way for a more engaged confrontation with MUller's work in the English-speaking world--not only among theater directors, actors, translators, and publishers, but for readers who recognize the significance of the most important German playwright since Brecht." Holger Teschke, Theater "The author of this excellent study is a recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism (1991) and author of a previous volume on Beckett as well as a collection of essays titled Free Admissions: Collected Theater Writings. Jonathan Kalb presents a thoughtful and personally intimate analysis of the life and theater of Heiner MUller by comparing his production with that of various predecessors. An extraordinarily insightful, sensitive book, a tour de force of knowledge of modern drama and its critics, The Theater of Heiner MUller is an indispensible aid in unlocking the riddles and merits of the man and his contemporaries." Erlis Wickersham, World Literature Today
Jonathan Kalb is Professor of Theater at Hunter College, City University of New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521550048 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521550041 |
| Title | The Theater of Heiner Muller |
| Author | Jonathan Kalb |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Modern Theatre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-04-13 |
| Number of pages | 275 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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