Browse Items (14 total)

Melodrama and Revolution

Photocopy of Daniel Gerould's article published in the collection "Melodrama: Stage, Picture, Screen" edited by Jacky Bratton, Jim Cook, and Christine Gledhill.

Tags: , French Revolution, Melodrama and Revolution, Solviet Revolution,

Transcript on an Interview with Stephen Sondheim on the use of Melodrama in "Sweeny Todd" recorded by Daniel Gerould on September 5, 1979.

Tags: Interviews, , Stephen Sondheim, Sweeny Todd,

Witkacy and Popular Culture

A typewritten manuscript of the article. Discusses Polish playwright Witkacy's "reception in the light of popular culture," "Witkacy's use of popular culture and of popular culture's use of Witkacy."

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Jerzy Grotowski's Theatrical and Paratheatrical Activities as Cosmic Drama

Reprint of an article from "World Literature Today." Summer 1980 issue.

Tags: , Cosmic Drama, Jerzy Grotowski, Paratheatrical, Poor Theatre, World Literature Today,

Article on the uses of myth in Gerould's play "Candaules Commissioner" with a short introduction by Bettina Knapp.

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Short article describing Alexander von Humboldt's relation to Witkiewicz.

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Typed copy of a short talk on Belgian Symbolist drama, given at a symposium titled 'Unveiling the Mysteries: The Symbolist Period in Belgium' at the Brooklyn Museum on May 3, 1980. The symposium accompanied an exhibition on the Belgian avant-garde titled 'Belgian Art: 1880-1914.'

Tags: , Belgian Drama, Brooklyn Museum, Correspondences, Pensees, , Symposium,

Letter from TQ Publications

A letter from an editor of TQ Publications in London, regarding the publication of Brecht's Commune plays.

Tags: Commune plays, Correspondence, Letter, TQ Publications,

Letter from Helena Wayne on Witkiewicz

A handwritten letter from Helena Wayne, daughter of Branislaw Malinowski, on the subject of a young Witkiewicz photograph.

Tags: Branislaw Malinowski, Correspondence, Helena Wayne, Letter, Photo, ,

Letter from Arthur and Marion Coleman

A typed letter from Arthur and Marion Coleman on the subject of Witkacy.

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The Pitoeff's Chekhov

Article on George Pitoeff's relation to Chekovian drama in interwar France.

Tags: Anton Chekhov, , Chekhov, French drama, George Pitoeff, Pitoeff,

The Raisonneur as Hero: A Theatre of Hypocrites

Article exploring themes from Dumas's play Le Demi-Monde.

Tags: , Dumas, Le Demi-Monde, Raisonneur, Theatre of Hypocrites,

Witkacy's Dramatic Universe

Article on the subject of Witkacy's choice of dramatic settings.

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Witkacy's Theory of Theatre

Article on Witkacy's theory of the theatre, with notes in Polish following.

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