The Theatre of Max Reinhardt


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A survey of the process of Max Reinhardt's directorial development as it has influenced the theater of today. The author reviews the forces that made for playhouse progress at the time of Mr. Reinhardt's entry into the profession. Considers the German influences on Mr. Reinhardt's individual development, the effects of this development as reflected in his aims, and his conceptions of drama, the stage, the player, and theater organization. The author analyzes the influence of Gordon Craig's "On the Art of the Theatre" on Reinhardt, in the context of his subsequent technical experiments in service to the demands of specific productions.




Max Reinhardt and His Theatre


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The Theatre of Max Reinhardt (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Theatre of Max Reinhardt His principal aim has been throughout to bring the spectator Into the action of the drama and to make him live the actor's part in the tiny world formed by the theatre, as he lives his own part in the greater social world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Shakespeare Productions of Max Reinhardt


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Tollini (theater, Santa Clara U.) analyzes the Shakespeare productions of Max Reinhardt. Coverage ranges from the 1905 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that won him the directorship of Berlin's Deutsches Theater through the extravagant 1935 film version of the same work that brought him to the attention of American audiences. The volume features color paintings and b&w photographs of the productions and concludes with a chronology. Annotation: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).




Max Reinhardt and His Theater


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This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.




Max Reinhardt


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