Postdramatic Theatre Hans-Thies Lehmann’s book is a study guide on the development of new forms of theatre since the late 1960s. The work has been specially adapted for the Anglophone reader and uses practical examples to explore the transition from text-based theatre to a media culture of image and sound.
Description
This study book analyses changes in contemporary theatre in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history. Lehmann addresses influences from thinkers such as Aristotle, Brecht, Barthes, and Schechner, and discusses the work of experimental companies such as Robert Wilson, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Müller, the Wooster Group, Needcompany, and Societas Raffaello Sanzio.
The richly illustrated introduction by Karen Jurs-Munby provides theoretical and artistic context, enabling Postdramatic Theatre to form a valuable guide within international theatre studies.
Product specifications
- Author: Hans-Thies Lehmann (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany)
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Release date: 2006-02-01
- Number of pages: 224
- ISBN: 9780415268134
- Theme: Theatre studies
- BISAC: PERFORMING ARTS / Theatre / General
About the author
Hans-Thies Lehmann is a professor of Theatre Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. His publications focus, among other things, on theatre history and political dramaturgy.
Karen Jurs-Munby is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Huddersfield.