Fritz Bennewitz in India: Intercultural Theatre with Brecht and Shakespeare

By: David G. John and Joerg Esleben and Rohmer Rolf

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Synopsis: This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work of East German theatre director Fritz Bennewitz in India between 1970 and 1994. Joerg Esleben has gathered together many of Bennewitz’ own writings, most published for the first time, in which he reflects on his production of plays by Bertolt Brecht, Shakespeare, Goethe, Chekhov, and Volker Braun. By translating these writings into English, the editors have provided unprecedented access to Bennewitz’ thinking about intercultural work in India. This material is illuminated by explanatory annotations, contextualized commentary, and critical perspectives from Bennewitz’s former colleagues in India and other leading scholars. Through its kaleidoscope of perspectives, Fritz Bennewitz in India offers a significant counter to dominant models of Western theatrical interculturalism.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781487510909
Publisher:: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date of Addition:: 01/16/17
Copyrighted By:: University of Toronto Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
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