Robert Sanford Brustein

This book is a reflection on the American theatre of the 1980s through the agency of selected articles and reviews written largely, though not exclusively, in the author's capacity as drama critic for "The new republic."

Over seventy essays and reviews written by the author between 1980 and 1986.

Making Scenes is Robert Brustein's own dramatic account of his turbulent tenure as head of the most important and controversial theatrical venture in the last decade - a candid, absorbing, and superbly written memoir of life in the arts. In Making Scenes, Robert Brustein - for thirteen years, dean of the Yale School of Drama and founding director of the Yale Repertory Theatre - traces the development of these two institutions during the period he helped build them into what the Washington Post has called "the preeminent alternative theatrical enterprise in the country." It was a time of ferment, and Brustein's efforts to forge a new American theatre through daring production and comprehensive training took place against the background of significant events in the history of both the university and the society: the anti-Vietnam war activities of the sixties; the tour of the Living Theatre and the arrest of some of its members in New Haven; the disruption of play production by radical action; the May Day rally in support of the Black Panthers. All of these events in vivid prose by one who was both a witness and a participant. -- from dust cover.

"In this new edition of this now-classic work, Robert Brustein argues that the roots of the modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights; Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Genet. Focusing on each of them in turn, Mr. Brustein considers the nature of their revolt, the methods employed in their plays, their influences on the modern drama, and the playwrights themselves."--Back cover.

Published in 1899 it was Ibsen`s last play

An encounter with an old enemy draws Vera into a cold case investigation with ties to her father.

"A new translation of Pirandello's absurdist metatheatrical play "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" (1921), along with translations of two related short stories, the play's preface, a novel fragment of the same name and related correspondance. Includes an introduction and select bibliography"--

Robert Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theatre in the post-9/11 years, analysing specific plays, various performers, and theatrical production throughout the world. This work explores the connections between theatre and society theatre and politics, and theatre and religion.