Edited and introduced by Mark Brown 214 pp. Bristol and Chicago: intellectbooks, 2011. Philippe Rouyer[1] Cet ensemble de 17 entretiens avec Howard Barker (né à Dulwich, UK le 28 juin 1946) dans l’ordre chronologique est un régal pour tous ceux
Eroticism and Death in Theatre and Performance
Edited by Karoline Gritzner 267 pp. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010. Mark Brown* In Andrei Tarkovsky’s remarkable final film, The Sacrifice (1986), the protagonist, Alexander (a revered theatre critic) responds to an impending apocalypse (an implied nuclear holocaust) by
World Scenography: 1975-1990
Edited by Peter McKinnon and Eric Fielding 430 pp. Taiwan: OISTAT, 2012 Don Rubin[1] Take it from me, it’s not easy to make an encyclopedia. And trying to make an international encyclopedia is even tougher. If one knew the problems in
HOMO! A Gay Fantasy on National Themes
Soila Lehtonen* A new musical play by Pirkko Saisio[1] at the Finnish National Theatre Music by Jussi Tuurna, Director: Pirkko Saisio. Scenography: Kati Lukka. Costumes: Tarja Simonen. Choreography: Jouni Prittinen. Sound: Ville Leppilahti, Jussi Matikainen. Lights: Matti Tiilama. Makeup, hair:
La Tempête, un dialogue interculturel entre Shakespeare et Oh Tae-Suk
Hyun-Sook Shin* La Tempête de Shakespeare, mise en scène par Oh Tae-Suk, a été jouée au Théâtre des Arts Daehangno, Seoul, du 15 au 25, décembre, 2011. Oh Tae-Suk est un dramaturge et metteur en scène coréen. La Tempête a
Fragments of a Revolutionary Discourse
Sergio Lo Gatto[1] Fatzer Fragment/Getting Lost Faster, by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Fabrizio Arcuri. Production Teatro Stabile di Torino, Turin and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin. Kill Your Darlings! [The Streets of Berladelphia], by René Pollesch, directed by René Pollesch.
Congre et homard de Gaël Octavia : un exercice de haute-école
Congre et homard de Gaël Octavia, directed by Dominik Bernard, seen in Avignon, July 2011. Selim Lander[1] Abstract Congre et homard (The Eel and the Lobster) is not the first foray into dramatic writing by Martinican Gaël Octavia, but it
Andrei Serban is Reshaping the Classics
Oltita Cintec[1] Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Andrei Şerban. Premiere in Romania Cluj Napoca Hungarian Theatre, January 2012. Hedda Gabler a était mise en scène en janvier 2012, par Andrei Şerban au Théâtre Hongrois de Cluj Napoca, l’une
Baltic Theatre Seeks to Define Rather than Depict History
Mark Brown* and Matti Linnavuori** Sight 2011, an annual Baltic theatre showcase, November 2011, in Riga, Latvia. The three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania take turns in organizing an annual showcase of their theatres. Each country is invited
A Hungarian Hamlet of What ifs
Judit Csáki[1] Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Hungarian National Theatre, directed by Robert Alföldi. Premiere March 19, 2012. What if we give Hamlet – this undoubtedly hyper-canonized drama – an unusual look? What if we try to look at it as