History of European Drama and Theatre

This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity. Erika Fischer-Lichte's topics include: \* ancient Greek theatre\* Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre by Corneilli, Racine, Moli?re\* the Italian commedia dell'arte and its transformations into eighteenth-century drama\* the German Enlightenment - Lessing, Schiller, Goethe, and Lenz\* romanticism by Kleist, Byron, Shelley, Hugo, de Vigny, Musset, B?chner, and Nestroy\* the turn of the century - Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Stanislavski\* the twentieth century - Craig, Meyerhold, Artaud, O'Neill, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, M?ller. Anyone interested in theatre throughout history and today will find this an invaluable source of information. Publisher's Description: This Major Study Reconstructs The Vast History Of European Drama From Greek Tragedy Through To 20th Century Theatre, Focusing On The Subject Of Identity. Throughout History, Drama Has Performed And Represented Political, Religious, National, Ethnic, Class-related, Gendered, And Individual Concepts Of Identity. Anyone Interested In Theatre Throughout History And Today Will Find This An Invaluable Source Of Information. Theatre And Identity: Theatre As A Liminal Space -- 1. Ritual Theatre. The Tragic Hero. The Magic Body -- 2. Theatrum Vitae Humanae. Theatre As Laboratory -- Man As Experiment. The Seducer, The Martyr And The Fool -- Theatrical Archetypes In The Siglo De Oro. Mask And Mirror. From The Theatrical To Social Role-play -- 3. The Rise Of The Middle Classes And The Theatre Of Illusion. The Middle-class Family. The Mutilated Individual. Symbol Of The Species -- 4. Dramatising The Identity Crisis. The Enigmatic Personality. Identity And History. The Fall Of The Bourgeois Myths. The Completion And End Of The Bourgeois Theatre Of Illusion -- 5. Theatre Of The 'new' Man. The Re-theatricalisation Of Theatre As Negation Of The Individual. Beyond The Individual. Dismemberment And Rebirth. Erika Fischer-lichte ; Translated By Jo Riley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 361-371) And Indexes. This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity.Erika Fischer-Lichte's topics include:• ancient Greek theatre• Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre by Corneilli, Racine, Molière• the Italian commedia dell'arte and its transformations into eighteenth-century drama• the German Enlightenment - Lessing, Schiller, Goethe, and Lenz• romanticism by Kleist, Byron, Shelley, Hugo, de Vigny, Musset, Büchner, and Nestroy• the turn of the century - Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Stanislavski• the twentieth century - Craig, Meyerhold, Artaud, O'Neill, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Müller.Anyone interested in theatre throughout history and today will find this an invaluable source of information. This major study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity. Erika Fischer-Lichte's topics include: *ancient Greek theatre *Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre * the classicaal age of French theatre, Corneille, Racine and Moliere *the Italian commedia dell'arte and its transformations into 18th century drama *the German Enlightenment - Lessing, Schiller, Goethe, and Lenz *Romanticism by Kleist, Byron, Shelley, Hugo, de Vigny, Musset, Buchner, and Nestroy *the turn of the century - Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Stanislavski *the 20th century - Craig, Meyerhold, Artaud, O'Neill, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Muller.