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Dionysus in Paris: A Guide to contemporary French Theater
Dionysus in Paris A Guide to contemporary French Theater Author:Wallace Fowlie One of the most respected interpreters of modern French literature here provides a comprehensive study reflecting the richness and excitement of twentieth-century French theater. — This book begins with a description of the various kinds of theater in France, and continues with an analysis of the art of the great directors: Copeau, Jouvet, Dulli... more »n, Barrault, and Vilar, among others. The work of four major playwrights, Giraudoux, Cocteau, Montherlant, and Anouilh is then examined, followed by discussions of the Catholic writers Claudel, Bernanos, and Mauriac. The plays of Gide, Sartre, Camus, and Julien Green are studied in terms of the philosophies or ideas they embody. Considerable attention is paid to the experimental theater, beginning with an evaluation of the theories of Artaud and continuing with analyses of Beckett, Genet, Ionesco, Adamov, and Schehade. Mr. Fowlie concludes with three theoretical chapters, a selected bibliography, and an index.« less