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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Wood, Michael (1986-....)
Titre(s) : Heiner Müller's democratic theater [Texte imprimé] : the politics of making the audience work / Michael Wood
Publication : Rochester (N.Y.) : Camden House, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv-225 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Lien à la collection : Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Comprend : Producing the New Public : "Der Lohndrücker, 1956-60" ; Process and the Public
Forum: "Der Horatier", 1968-73 ; Treating Woodworm: "Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV :
Kentauren", 1986 ; "SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THIS AGE OF HOPE" : "Der Lohndrücker"
at the Deutsches Theater, 1988-91.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-215) and index
The East German playwright Heiner Müller (1929-1995) is one of the most influential
European dramatists and theater directors since Brecht. While critical literature
on Müller often discusses the politics of his works, analysis tends to stop at the
level of the text, neglecting the theatrical events that emerge from it and the audiences
for which it was written and performed. Situating his study within Müller's interests
in democracy and audience activity, Michael Wood addresses these gaps in scholarship,
making an original contribution to the understanding of Müller's work as playwright
and director. In 1985, Müller spoke of the importance of a "democratic" theater:
one that confronts theatergoers with densely contradictory material that they must
interpret for themselves, reflecting the complexity of material reality and encouraging
them to question their participation in political life. Wood's study shows that Müller
sought to do this in his combined 1988 production of "Der Lohndrücker", "Der Horatier",
and "Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV: Kentauren", staged at a time when questions of democracy
were at the forefront of East German consciousness. It also demonstrates that from
the beginning of his career Müller tried to make theater that would create a form
of democracy both within and outside the theater.--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Müller, Heiner (1929-1995) -- Démocratie
Müller, Heiner (1929-1995) -- Mise en scène
Müller, Heiner (1929-1995). Der Lohndrücker -- Thèmes, motifs
Müller, Heiner (1929-1995). Der Horatier -- Thèmes, motifs
Müller, Heiner (1929-1995). Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV, Kentauren -- Thèmes, motifs
Démocratie -- Au théâtre
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-57113-998-6. - ISBN 1-57113-998-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45262638k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45262638
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