By George Jean Nathan The leading American drama critic of his time, George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) zealously wrote criticism from 1905 to 1958, published more than 40 books on the theatre, co-edited The Smart Set and The American Mercury with
Steve Capra[1] The Critic as Publicist To examine the relationship between criticism and its national theatre is to ask how, and indeed if, one influences the other. That the theatre influences criticism is self-evident; it is the stimulus to which
Sous la direction de Dominique Dolmieu et Zeynap Su Kasapoglu 430 pp. Paris: Editions Non Lieu et l’Espace d’un instant Reviewed by Irène Sadowska-Guillon[1] (France) On peut en effet comparer au bazar le théâtre turc qui ne s’est jamais départi de
by Octavian Saiu. 400 pp. Bucharest: National University of Theatre and Cinematography Press. Translated by Ioana Jucan. Originally published in Romanian by Nemira Publishing House. Reviewed by Ion Bogdan Lefter[1] (Romania) With apologies to Proust (whose famous title echoes in
By Antonia Fraser 328 pp. New York: Random House Reviewed by Patricia Keeney[1] (Canada) The name Harold Pinter, renowned British playwright, conjures up notions of austerity and menace that emanate from a general impression that his work typically lurches along
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Maria Zărnescu[1] The International Festival for Musical Performing Arts, in Bucharest, November 2010. In a world haunted by social anxieties, economic crises and global unrest, a festival that is exclamatively entitled Life Is Beautiful!appears like an act of mad courage.
Aglika Stefanova-Oltean[1] Georg Büchner: Leonce and Lena, directed by Gábor Tompa at the Hungarian State Theatre in Cluj, Romania. Of the few performances of Leonce and Lena I have seen in my life, all of them treated Leonce and Lenaas
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