"This comprehensive, authoritative account of tragedy is the culmination of Hans-Thies Lehmann s groundbreaking contributions to theatre and performance scholarship. It is a major milestone in our understanding of this core foundation of the dramatic arts. From the philosophical roots and theories of tragedy, through its inextricable relationship with drama, to its impact upon post-dramatic forms, this is the definitive work in its field ..."
"Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann's groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre. In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and ..."
"Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre. In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, as an inventive response to the ..."
"This comprehensive, authoritative account of tragedy is the culmination of Hans-Thies Lehmann s groundbreaking contributions to theatre and performance scholarship. It is a major milestone in our understanding of this core foundation of the dramatic arts. From the philosophical roots and theories of tragedy, through its inextricable relationship with drama, to its impact upon post-dramatic forms, this is the definitive work in its field ..."
"Theatermachine: Tadeusz Kantor in Context is an in-depth, multidisciplinary compendium of essays about one of the most influential theater artists of the twentieth century. Hans-Thies Lehmann’s theory of postdramatic theater and developments in critical theory—particularly Bill Brown’s thing theory, Bruno Latour’s actor-network theory, and posthumanism—serve to provide a previously unavailable vocabulary for discussion of Kantor’s theat ..."
"As Jennifer Wise has stressed, there exists an undeniable connection between
the “invention” of the theatre and the “democratization” of alphabetic writing in
Greece. The spread of the ability to read and write – which, given the easily
understandable nature of alphabetic script, was no longer reserved for only a few
initiates – must have affected the new art of the theatre in decisive fashion. It is all
the more regrettable, then, ..."
"... Jürgen Gruß, Wolfgang Ritschel and Sabine Schäfer (Sämtliche Werke nach
Epochen seines Schaffens, “Münchner Ausgabe ̄, ed. Karl Richter in
collaboration with Herbert G. Göpfert, Norbert Miller, Gerhard Sauder and Edith
Zehm, Volume 20.1, Text 1799¥1827, Munich and Vienna: Hanser, 1991, 987).
119 Goethes Werke. Hamburger Ausgabe in 14 Bde., ed. Erich Trunz, vol. XII (
Schriften zur Kunst, Schriften zur Literatur, Maximen und Refl ..."
"Hans-Thies Lehmann. drama mobilizes a multitude of figures for depicting a
world, it tends towards the chorus, in so far as the individual voices add up to a
general chant, even if there is technically no choral speaking. In the age of media
, it is ... was condemned to 'exclusion'.91 Indeed it is cause for thought that in
Heiner Müller's texts the woman and the female chorus actually move into the
centre (Elektra/Ophelia/Chor; the ..."
"Hans-Thies Lehmann ... of fellow translators in the LEO dictionary forum, to our
readers Erika Fischer-Lichte and Heike Roms for their enthusiastic and
constructive comments on the project, to Minh Ha Duong for her careful reading
and intelligent editing of the whole manuscript, to Frances Brown for meticulous
copy-editing, ..."
"Jan Lauwers, one of the initiators, wasoriginally a painter; another cofounder of
the collective, André Pichal wasa musician. Dancers, too, joined the group. The
first performances were Nightillness in 1981, Already Hurt and Not Yet
Warin1982,Simonne la puritaine inthesame year,the demonstration VogelStrauss
in 1983, Boulevard ZLV in1984, and Incidentin1985. Afterthe foundation of
theNeedcompany under the direction of Jan Lauwers, ..."
"Applying new methodological approaches to Bertolt Brecht’s work and probing forgotten areas of Brecht scholarship, the essays in this volume were selected from the proceedings of the Symposium of the International Brecht Society held in Augsburg, Germany, in December, 1991. The contributors include scholars from both Europe and North America."
"Leben - Werk - WirkungGebundenes BuchHeiner Müller gilt als der wichtigste deutsche Theaterautor seit Brecht. Der vorliegende Band gibt erstmals einen umfassenden Überblick über sein Gesamtwerk, das in weiten Teilen "schwieriges" bleibt und für das es junge Leute in Wissenschaft und Theater zu interessieren gilt. Sein Ziel ist nicht unbedingt die theoretische Einhelligkeit der Perspektiven. Es soll vielmehr einen Spiegel der unterschied ..."
Theater und Mythos(1st Edition) Die Konstitution des Subjekts im Diskurs der antiken Tragödie (German Edition) by Hans-ThiesLehmann Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1991 by J.B. Metzler ISBN-13: 978-3-476-00754-4, ISBN: 3-476-00754-5
"Lehmann, Hans-Thies: Theater und Mythos. Untertitel: Die Konstitution des Subjekts im Diskurs der antiken Tragödie. Verlag: Stuttgart. J.B. Metzlersche 1991. Format: 17,5-22,5cm (8vo.) Seiten: X, 232 S. Einband: Kartoniert (OKt.)"
"Hans-Thies Lehmann erortert, dass die akademische Debatte uber Wert und Inhalt der Begriffe postdramatisch und Postdramatik ins Leere lauft, wenn verkannt wird, dass der erste sich auf Formen des Theaters, der zweite sich v.a. auf Textformen bezieht. Er argumentiert, dass - soweit die gegenwartige Textproduktion Rede steht - eine literarische Analyse verlangt ist, die Logik, Aufbau und Strukturierung des Theatertextes nicht von umfassen ..."
"Broschiertes BuchPostdramatisches Theater ist Theater nach dem Drama, wie es etwa in den Arbeiten von Heiner Müller, Robert Wilson oder Jan Fabre sichtbar wird. Dieses Buch ist eine Darstellung der Entwicklung dieser neuen szenischen Formen von den 60er Jahren bis heute: Es bietet ein Panorama der ästhetischen Mittel, eine Fülle von beispielhaften Materialien aus der internationalen Theaterpraxis und ist zugleich eine Theorie des neuen ..."