Barnett, David Julian orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-0816 (2017) Resisting the Irish Other:the Berliner Ensemble's Production of The Playboy of the Western World. New Theatre Quarterly. pp. 156-68. ISSN 1474-0613
Abstract
In this article David Barnett explores the Berliner Ensemble's production in 1956 of Synge's classic The Playboy of the Western World. Although it was directed by Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth, Bertolt Brecht, the company's co-founder, loomed large in planning and rehearsal. This staging serves as an example of how a politicized approach to theatre-making can bring out relationships, material conditions, and power structures that the play's production history has often ignored. In addition, Barnett aims to show how Brechtian methods can be applied more generally to plays not written in the Brechtian tradition and the effects they can achieve.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Synge,Playboy of the Western World,Berliner Ensemble,Brecht,Brechtian |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2016 12:01 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 00:28 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X17000069 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0266464X17000069 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:109416 |
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