German expressionist theatre : the actor and the stage / David F. Kuhns.
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- Theater -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Experimental theater -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Acting
- Expressionism in literature
- Théâtre -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Théâtre expérimental -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Théâtre allemand -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Art dramatique
- Expressionnisme dans la littérature
- acting
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism
- Theater -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Acting
- Expressionism
- Acting
- Experimental theater
- Expressionism in literature
- German drama
- Theater
- Germany
- Expressionismus
- Theater
- Deutschland
- Expressionisme
- Acteren
- Duitsland
- 1900-1999
- 792/.0943/09041 21
- PN2654 .K85 1997eb
- 24.12
- AP 64910
- GM 1811
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index.
German Expressionist theatre: the actor and the stage considers the powerfully stylized and anti-realistic styles of symbolic acting on the German Expressionist stage from 1916 to 1921. It relates this striking departure from the dominant European acting tradition of realism to the specific cultural crises that enveloped the German nation during the course of its involvement in World War I. Unlike any of the very few publications in English on stage Expressionism, this book describes three distinct Expressionist acting styles, all of which in their own ways attempted to show how symbolic stage performance could be a powerful rhetorical resource for a culture struggling to come to terms with the crises of historical change. The examination of previously untranslated portions of Expressionist scripts and actor memoirs allows for an unprecedented focus on description and analysis of the acting itself.
Abstraction and empathy: the philosophical background in the socio-economic foreground -- The poetics of Expressionist performance: contemporary models and sources -- Schrei ecstatic performance -- An "Expressionist solution to the problem of theatre": Geist abstraction in performance -- Late Expressionist performance in Berlin: the emblematic mode -- Concluding observations.
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