Kaddish : Pages on Tadeusz Kantor Paperback / softback
by Jan Kott
Edited by Piotr Kloczowski
Part of the Enactments series
Paperback / softback
Description
Tadeusz Kantor (1915–90) was renowned for his revolutionary theater performances in both his native Poland and abroad.
Despite nominally being a Catholic, Kantor had a unique relationship with Jewish culture and incorporated many elements of Jewish theater into his works.
In Kaddish, Jan Kott, an equally important figure in twentieth-century theater criticism, presents one of the most poignant descriptions of what might be called “the experience of Kantor.” At the core of the book is a fundamental philosophical question: What can save the memory of Kantor’s “Theatre of Death”—the Image, or the Word/Logos?
Kott’s biblical answer in Kaddish is that Kantor’s theatre can be saved in its essence only by the Word, the Logos.
This slim volume, Kott’s final work, is a distilled meditation that casts light on how two of the most prominent figures in Western theater reflected on the philosophy of the stage.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 16 halftones
- Publisher:Seagull Books London Ltd
- Publication Date:03/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780857427489
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 16 halftones
- Publisher:Seagull Books London Ltd
- Publication Date:03/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780857427489
