Bøger af Jonathan Kalb

This collection begins with a brave and piercing appraisal of the state of current theater criticism, in a section Kalb characteristically calls "Critical Mess." He goes on to revisit the work of Samuel Beckett, as performed in well-meaning efforts to bring it to a new, wider (TV) audience; to consider today's political theater, particularly in the flourishing form of one-person shows; to explore the theatrical landscape of a reunited Germany, where the Berliner Ensemble is no longer a showcase for the East, and finally to cover what's going on back home in New York - everything from The Lion King and Dame Edna to plays of David Mamet and Arthur Miller (new and old) and to the latest trends in the Broadway musical.

THEATER OF HEINER MULLER

Winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and the George Freedley Memorial Award from the Theatre Library Association

A critical look at the work of one of the 20th century's most influential playwrights from the viewpoint of those whose job it is to give the work life on the stage. It gives an insight into the problems of producing Beckett's early and late works, and prose works adapted for the stage.