Krzysztof Miklaszewski

Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor

Herausgeber: Hyde, George

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique set of reminiscences, written by one of the actors who worked closely with Kantor over a long period of time, ranges from the anecdotal to the theoretical.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780415372633
• ISBN-10: 0415372631
• Artikelnr.: 21257062

Autorenporträt

Krzysztof Miklaszewski is a major figure in the world of contemporary Polish cultural life and for thirteen years was an actor in Kantor's theatre between 1973 and 1986. As a presenter of arts programmes for Polish television he has directed numerous, significant, documentary films of theatrical and artistic activities. He is currently Artistic Director of the Theatre Rampa in Warsaw. The translator and editor, George Hyde lived and taught in Poland during and after the communist period. A Senior Research Fellow of the University of East Anglia, he is the author of numerous essays on Polish life and letters, and of several books and essays on Modernist writing. He translates from Polish and Russian, and is currently Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Kyoto Women's University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 1 THE LEGISLATOR AND THE RENOVATOR OF RADICAL IDEAS
Chapter 2 2 TOWARDS THE IMPOSSIBLE THEATRE
Chapter 3 3 TADEUSZ KANTOR'S CLOAKROOM
Chapter 4 4 LOVELIES AND DOWDIES
Chapter 5 5 DEAD CLASS, OR A NEW TREATISE ON MANNEQUINS
Chapter 6 6 A GRIPPING SÉANCE
Chapter 7 7 AROUND THE WORLD WITH DEAD CLASS
Chapter 8 8 KANTOR IN OPPOSITION TO HIMSELF
Chapter 9 9 BETWEEN ABSOLUTE FORM AND THE REVELATION OF FEELING
Chapter 10 10 ON THE STATE OF THINGS, THE AVANT-GARDE, INNOVATION, LUCK, TRUTH, AND SUCCESS
Chapter 11 11 CRICOTAGE UNDER VILLON'S BANNER
Chapter 12 12 THE THEATRE IS ART, FIRST AND FOREMOST
Chapter 13 13 LET THE ARTISTS DIE!
Chapter 14 14 I - THE MASTER
Chapter 15 15 A SIXTEEN-MINUTE PRE-PREMIÈRE OVATION
Chapter 16 16 DID I HELP OR DID I HINDER?
Chapter 17 17 EXEGI MONUMENTUM, OR THE MACHINE OF LOVE AND DEATH
Chapter 18 18 "... NOTHING FURTHER ..."
Chapter 19 19 BETWEEN LOVE AND DEATH
AFTERWORD
: POSTSCRIPT
TADEUSZ KANTOR (1915-1990)
TADEUSZ KANTOR
AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS
INDEX