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1、PERFORMINGBRECHTIn1969PeterBrookwrote:‘Brechtisthekeyfigureofourtime,andalltheatreworktodayatsomepointstartsfromorreturnstohisstatementsandachievement.’Twenty-fiveyearslaterthesamestillholdstrue.Soonerorlatereverytheatrestudent,whethertheory-orpractice-based,wil
2、lstudyBrecht.ButtherelationshipbetweenBrechtandBritishtheatrehasalwaysbeenaproblematicandcontroversialone.PerformingBrechtshedslightonthisrelationshipinanunprecedentedhistoryofthepro-ductionsofBrecht’splaysinBritainoverthelastfortyyears.MargaretEddershawsurveysa
3、llaspectsofBrechtinperformance,fromhismethodologiestohisplaceinpostmodernisttheatreandbeyond.ShefocusesonkeyproductionsbydirectorsincludingGeorgeDevine,SamWanamaker,WilliamGaskill,HowardDavies,JohnDexterandRichardEyre.Eddershawalsoprovidesin-depthcasestudiesofth
4、reeproductionsofthe1990s,incorporatingherownexclusiveaccesstotherehearsalsandinterviewswiththedirectorsandperformers.Thecasestudiesare:•TheGoodPersonofSichuan,directedbyDeborahWarner,starringFionaShaw•TheResistibleRiseofArturoUi,directedbyDiTrevis,starringAntony
5、Sher•MotherCourage,directedbyPhilipProwse,starringGlendaJacksonThisuniqueworkwillbeindispensableforstudents,teachersandtheatrepractitioners,andenlighteningandaccessiblereadingforanyoneinterestedinthetheatreandinBrecht.MargaretEddershawwasafoundermemberoftheDepar
6、tmentofTheatreStudiesatLancasterUniversity,andduringhertwenty-fiveyearsthereshecombinedanacademiccareerwithprofessionalperforming,directingandplaywriting.ShenowlivesinGreece,whereshecontin-uestowriteonandforthetheatre.PERFORMINGBRECHTFortyyearsofBritishperforman
7、cesMargaretEddershawLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1996byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2002.RoutledgeisanInternationalThoms
8、onPublishingcompany©1996MargaretEddershawAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowk
