By Lucian Pintilie 473 pp. Montpellier: L’Entretemps éditions (translated into French by Marie-France Ionesco) 536 pp. Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House Reviewed by Maria Zărnescu[1] A discussion of an important autobiographical volume by Lucian Pintilie (b. 1933) — one of Romania’s
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Un coffret livre, CD et DVD. (A boxed book, CD and DVD). La Maison d’à Côté, IMEC et INA (France) Irène Sadowska-Guillon[1] Il arrive que certains metteurs en scène entretiennent un lien particulier avec l’œuvre d’un auteur. Pour Jouvet par
Ice-cold Winter Landscapes after Love: Shakespeare in Sfumato, Sofia
Kamelia Nikolova[1] William Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Margarita Mladenova. Set and costumes by Daniela Oleg Lyahova. Premiere 27 January 2011 at Theatre Laboratory Sfumato in Sofia, Bulgaria. Theatre laboratory Sfumato is one of the most interesting experimental companies
German Discovers Opera in Africa
Brent Meersman[1] Via Intolleranza II, concept and direction Christoph Schlingensief, set design Thekla von Mülheim and Christian Schlechter, costumes Aino Laberenz, light Voxi Bärenklau and Michael Dietze, video Meika Dresenkamp, music Arno Waschk, dramaturgy Anna Heesen and Carl Hegemann. Premiere
On Self-portrait by Nam Jeong ho
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To Be Honest in Moscow
Christine Matvienko[1] Festival for Young Playwrights Liubimovka-2011 in Moscow, Russia, September 8-18th. 1 Liubimovka was created in 1990 by the elder generation of Russian playwrights to support the younger ones. Victor Slavkin, author of the famous Elder Daughter of a
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Yun-Cheol Kim[1] The theme of the international program at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival was “Asia”; this is why I couldn’tnot go to that Scottish city. Due to my administrative responsibilities as Dean at the Korea National School of Drama, however,
A Mischievous Look at Post-1989 Democratic Theatre
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