Historical Dictionary of German Theater

Second Edition

William Grange

The German-language theater is one of the most vibrant and generously endowed of any in the world. It boasts long and honored traditions that include world-renowned plays, playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, and several German theater artists have had an enormous impact on theater practice around the globe. Students continue to study German plays in dozens of languages, and every year scores of German plays are produced in a wide variety of non-German venues.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Theater covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on directors, designers, producers, and movements such as Regietheater, “post-dramatic” approaches to theater production, the freie Szene of independent, non-subsidized groups, the role of increasingly massive government subsidies, and cities whose reputations as centers of innovation and excellence that have made the German-language theater one of the most vibrant anywhere on earth. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German Theater.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 484 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4422-5019-2 • Hardback • June 2015 • $161.00 • (£125.00)

978-1-4422-5020-8 • eBook • June 2015 • $153.00 • (£119.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism, Reference / Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of German Theater

Second Edition

Hardback

eBook

Summary

The German-language theater is one of the most vibrant and generously endowed of any in the world. It boasts long and honored traditions that include world-renowned plays, playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, and several German theater artists have had an enormous impact on theater practice around the globe. Students continue to study German plays in dozens of languages, and every year scores of German plays are produced in a wide variety of non-German venues.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Theater covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on directors, designers, producers, and movements such as Regietheater, “post-dramatic” approaches to theater production, the freie Szene of independent, non-subsidized groups, the role of increasingly massive government subsidies, and cities whose reputations as centers of innovation and excellence that have made the German-language theater one of the most vibrant anywhere on earth. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German Theater.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 484 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4422-5019-2 • Hardback • June 2015 • $161.00 • (£125.00)

978-1-4422-5020-8 • eBook • June 2015 • $153.00 • (£119.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism, Reference / Dictionaries

Author

William Grange is professor of theater and film in the Johnny Carson School at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of eleven books in print, along with several scholarly articles, essays, book chapters, reviews, and contributions.

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