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A new book dives into the theories of theatre. Plus: a Theatre Facts bookshelf.
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A new book dives into the theories of theatre. Plus: a Theatre Facts bookshelf.
Jan Kott writes about the exchange between life and drama so artfully that it sometimes appears that history and literature have performed his critical tasks for him.
A new compendium of early 20th-century clowns is just that, a compendium, sans analysis, criticism, or context.
Invaluable guides to board development, plus a survey of grant directories.
New volumes address a need for more English-language texts on an endlessly debated bit of Moscow Art Theatre history.
Review of ‘Late-Blooming Flowers and Other Stories’ by Anton Chekhov; I.C. Chertok and Jean Gardner, trans., Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, NY, 252 pp, $8.95 paper, and ‘The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov,’ edited and with an introduction by Lillian Hellman; Sidonie K. Lederer, trans., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY. 331 pp, $22.50 cloth, $7.95 paper.
New tomes on administration, marketing, and other topics.
The pleasures of both Stanley Kauffman’s ‘Theatre Criticisms’ and Bonnie Marranca’s ‘Theatre Writings.’
A review of ‘Salesman in Beijing’ by Arthur Miller, with photographs by Inge Morath, Viking Press, New York, N.Y. 254 pp, $16.95 cloth.
A.L. Rowse cannot ruin the unique grace and style of Shakespeare’s language; but he taints it more than a little.