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The Lively Art: A Treasury of Criticism, Commentary, Observation, and Insight from Twenty Years of the American Repertory Theatre
Published in Hardcover by Ivan R Dee, Inc. (July, 1999)
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The Theatre of Robert Wilson
Published in Hardcover by Cambridge University Press (June, 1997)
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This is an excellent study on the contemporary stage director Robert Wilson. I have read Dr. Holmberg's book in pre-release. Prospective purchasers should take note that, contrary to what amazon.com says, the book is *not* out of print; it simply has not yet been released by the publisher. Last I heard from a local book store, it will become available in June of 1997.
Charles G. Thomas,
Cambridge, MA
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The Visions of David Mamet
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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, Volume 2 : The Americas
Published in Library Binding by Routledge (18 December, 1995)
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In addition, distinguished scholars have contributed provocative essays: Robert Brustein, Harry Levin, Richard Gilman, Stephen Greenblatt, Jan Kott, and Harold Bloom. These articles provide interesting examples of current critical approaches from the new historicism (Greenblatt on King Lear) to production history (Kott on Hamlet). And in the symposium excerpt about The Taming of the Shrew sparks fly when a great theater director (Andrei Serban) confronts three formidable Harvard English professors: Greenblatt, Brustein, and Marjorie Garber. I particularly appreciated the remarks on Brecht by Harvard law professor Martha Minow as well as Arthur Holmberg's urbane essay "Machiavellis of the Bedroom--an Erotic Endgame." Also, the interviews with Janathan Miller, Philip Glass, and Robert Wilson are illuminating. The production photographs are a giant bonus.
This book is indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary drama. I can think of no other theater in the world that could have put together such a collection. Charles Gunnard Thomas, New York City.