The Grotowski Sourcebook (Worlds of Performance)

by Richard Schechner (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $44.57

  This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Grotowski's life and work.
  Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, the sourcebook features:
  *essays from the key performance theorists who worked with Grotowski, including Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Jan Kott, Eric Bentley, Harold Clurman, and Charles Marowitz
  *writings which trace every phase of Grotowski's career from his 'theatre of production' to 'objective drama' and 'art as vehicle'
  *a wide-ranging collection of Grotowski's own writings, plus an interview with his closest collaborator and 'heir', Thomas Richards
  *an array of photographs documenting Grotowski and his followers in action
  *a historical-critical study of Grotowski by Richard Schechner.