Towards a Third Theatre: Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret

by Ian Watson

Overview

Eugenio Barba is one of Europe's leading theatre directors, at the forefront of experimental and group theatre for more than twenty years. Ian Watson provides the most comprehensive and systematic study of Barba's work, including his training methods, dramaturgy, productions and theories, as well as his work at the International School of Theatre Anthropology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138145412
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Watson is Coordinator of the Theatre Program at Rutgers University and a member of the editorial committee of New Theatre Quarterly.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1 BARBA: THE EARLY YEARS 2 THEATRE THEORY: SOCIOLOGY AND THE ACTOR’S TECHNIQUE 3 TRAINING 4 REHEARSALS AND DRAMATURGY 5 PRODUCTIONS 6 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY. A BRIEF, NECESSARY AFTERWORD

Editorial Reviews

‘Ian Watson has written this study ‘from the inside', having spent several years with Barba and the Odin company. Ian Watson uncovers the secrets, and in so doing has to face up to the criticisms that have sometimes been made of Barba's methods. This he does with great honesty and scholarly integrity, confirming our sense of Barba's importance for contemporary performance research.' - Theatre Reserch Intl

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