Read Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work

Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work

Michael Wood

4.9/5 (16115 ratings)

Description:The East German playwright Heiner Müller (1929-1995) is one of the most influential European dramatists and theater directors since Brecht. While critical literature on Müller often discusses the politics of his works, analysis tends to stop at the level of the text, neglecting the theatrical events that emerge from it and the audiences for which it was written and performed. Situating his study within Müller's interests in democracy and audience activity, Michael Wood addresses these gaps in scholarship, making an original contribution to the understanding of Müller's work as playwright and director.In 1985, Müller spoke of the importance of a "democratic" theater: one that confronts theatergoers with densely contradictory material that they must interpret for themselves, reflecting the complexity of material reality and encouraging them to question their participation in political life. Wood's study shows that Müller sought to do this in his combined 1988 production of Der Lohndrücker, Der Horatier, and Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV: Kentauren, staged at a time when questions of democracy were at the forefront of East German consciousness. It also demonstrates that from the beginning of his career Müller tried to make theater that would create a form of democracy both within and outside the theater.Michael Wood is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where he received his PhD in 2014.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work. To get started finding Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1571139982

Description: The East German playwright Heiner Müller (1929-1995) is one of the most influential European dramatists and theater directors since Brecht. While critical literature on Müller often discusses the politics of his works, analysis tends to stop at the level of the text, neglecting the theatrical events that emerge from it and the audiences for which it was written and performed. Situating his study within Müller's interests in democracy and audience activity, Michael Wood addresses these gaps in scholarship, making an original contribution to the understanding of Müller's work as playwright and director.In 1985, Müller spoke of the importance of a "democratic" theater: one that confronts theatergoers with densely contradictory material that they must interpret for themselves, reflecting the complexity of material reality and encouraging them to question their participation in political life. Wood's study shows that Müller sought to do this in his combined 1988 production of Der Lohndrücker, Der Horatier, and Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV: Kentauren, staged at a time when questions of democracy were at the forefront of East German consciousness. It also demonstrates that from the beginning of his career Müller tried to make theater that would create a form of democracy both within and outside the theater.Michael Wood is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where he received his PhD in 2014.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work. To get started finding Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work

Heiner Müller's Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work

More Books

The Hunter from the Woods (Michael Gallatin #2)

The Hunter from the Woods (Michael Gallatin #2)

Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

For Reasons Unknown (DCI Matilda Darke, #1)

For Reasons Unknown (DCI Matilda Darke, #1)

In Search of the Dark Ages

In Search of the Dark Ages

Outside Looking In (DCI Matilda Darke, #2)

Outside Looking In (DCI Matilda Darke, #2)

The Mind of a Murderer (Dr. Olivia Winter, #1)

The Mind of a Murderer (Dr. Olivia Winter, #1)

A Room Full of Killers (DCI Matilda Darke, #3)

A Room Full of Killers (DCI Matilda Darke, #3)

Stolen Children (DCI Matilda Darke, #6)

Stolen Children (DCI Matilda Darke, #6)