{"product_id":"a-history-of-german-theatre-hardback-9780521833691","title":"A History of German Theatre (Hardback) 9780521833691","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of German Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the work of all the leading playwrights, directors, actors and designers throughout the history of German theatre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Williams (Edited by), Maik Hamburger (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521833691, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 3.5 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCovering German-language theatre from the Middle Ages to the present day, this study demonstrates how and why theatre became so important in German-speaking countries. Written by leading international scholars of German theatre, chapters cover all aspects of theatrical performance, including acting, directing, play-writing, scenic design and theatre architecture. The book argues that theatre is more central to the artistic life of German-speaking countries than anywhere else in the world. Relating German-language theatre to its social and intellectual context, the History demonstrates how theatre has often been used as a political tool. It challenges the idea that German theatre was undeveloped in contrast to other European countries in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, provides a thematic survey of the crucial period of growth in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and discusses modern and contemporary German theatre by focusing in turn on the directors, playwrights, designers and theatre architecture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Maik Hamburger and Simon Williams\u003cbr\u003e 1. German Medieval theatre, c.10–600 Eckehard Simon\u003cbr\u003e 2. German Baroque theatre and the Wandering Players, 1500–1750 George Brandt\u003cbr\u003e 3. Classical theatre and the formation of a civil society, 1720–1832 Anthony Meech\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Realistic theatre and bourgeois values, 1750–1900 Marvin Carlson\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Romantic spirit in German theatre, 1790–1910 Simon Williams\u003cbr\u003e 6. The theatre of dissent from Sturm und Drang to Brecht, 1770–1920 Hilda Meldrum Brown\u003cbr\u003e 7. The rise of the director, 1850–1939 Christopher Innes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Naturalism, Expressionism and Brecht: drama in dialogue with modernity, 1890–1960 David Barnett\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nationalism and its uses in the German theatre, 1790–2000 S. E. Wilmer\u003cbr\u003e 10. The space of the German theatre William F. Condee with Thomas Irmer\u003cbr\u003e 11. Revolutions in scenography in the twentieth century Wilhelm Hortmann\u003cbr\u003e 12. Playwriting in the contemporary German theatre: representation and its discontents, 1960–2006 David Barnett\u003cbr\u003e 13. Directors and actors in the contemporary German theatre, 1945–2006 Michael Raab\u003cbr\u003e 14. Patterns in the German theatre: from Goethe to the present day Erika Fischer-Lichte\u003cbr\u003e 15. Theater-Treffen 2007 Maik Hamburger and Simon Williams.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265199132952,"sku":"9780521833691","price":114.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521833691i.jpg?v=1692020445","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-german-theatre-hardback-9780521833691","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}