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The Wooster Group has consistently challenged audiences and critics alike with their extraordinary performance works, many of which are now recognised as classics of the contemporary stage. The Wooster Group Work Book accesses, often for the first time, the companys rehearsal methods and source materials, as well as the creative thinking and reflections of director Elizabeth LeCompte and her main artistic collaborators. Focusing on six performance pieces, Frank Dells the Temptation of St. Antony (1987), Brace Up! (1990), Fish Story (1994), House/Lights (1999) and To You, the Birdie! (Phdre) (2002), this new volume gathers together an astonishing range of archival material to produce a vivid and personal account of how the company makes its work. This books intricate layering of journal extracts, actors notes, stage designs, drawings, performance texts, rehearsal transcriptions, stage-managers logs and stunning photographs traces a unique documentary path across the practice of the Wooster Group, one that will be an indispensable resource for all those with an interest in contemporary performance and its impact on contemporary culture. Highly accessible to the student, scholar, thea

Author

Andrew Quick; Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415353335

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Technology