Beckett: Waiting for Godot Hardback
by David (Royal Holloway, University of London) Bradby
Part of the Plays in Production series
Hardback
Description
Waiting for Godot is a byword in every major world language.
No other twentieth-century play has achieved such global currency.
His innovations have affected not only the writing of plays, but all aspects of their staging.
In this book David Bradby explores the impact of the play and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theatre in society.
Bradby begins with an analysis of the play and its historical context.
After discussing the first productions in France, Britain and America, he examines subsequent productions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Israel, America, China and Japan. The book assesses interpretations by actors such as Bert Lahr, David Warrilow, Georges Wilson, Barry McGovern and Ben Kingsley, and directors Roger Blin, Susan Sontag, Sir Peter Hall, Luc Bondy, Yukio Ninagawa and Beckett himself.
It also contains an extensive production chronology, bibliography and illustrations from major productions.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:268 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/11/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521594295
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:268 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/11/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521594295
