The Grotowski Sourcebook

by SCHECHNER; RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9780415131100
• ISBN10: 0415131103
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The influence of Jerzy Grotowski's work on twentieth century theatre is undeniable. A key player in making his work known wasThe Drama Review, and now, for the first time, 30 years' worth of articles by and about Grotowski are gathered together to shed light on the work of this enigmatic, influential director. Separate introductions by Richard Schechner and Lisa Wolford provide the framework and place Grotowski and the wide range of writings about him into context.The Grotowski Sourcebookincludes seminal articles by key practitioners and theorists, six pieces by Grotowski himself and previously unpublished interviews. With its coverage of each phase of Grotowski's long and varied career, and the inclusion of photographs documenting Grotowski and his followers in action,The Sourcebookoffers the most comprehensive look at the man to date. Contributors include Eugenio Barba, Peter Brooks, Jan Kott, Eric Bentley, and Jennifer Kumiega.

Author Biography

Richard Schechner is University Professor and Professor of Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Lisa Wolford is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at Bowling Green State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi	(4)
Notes on Contributors	xv	(6)
Acknowledgments	xxi
1 General Introduction: Ariadne's thread	1	(20)
Lisa Wolford
PART I: THEATRE OF PRODUCTIONS, 1957-69	21	(184)
2 Introduction	21	(5)
Richard Schechner
3 Towards a Poor Theatre	26	(10)
Jerzy Grotowski
4 Interview with Grotowski	36	(18)
Richard Schechner
Theodore Hoffman
5 Doctor Faustus: Textual montage	54	(8)
Eugenio Barba
6 Wyspianski's Akropolis	62	(9)
Ludwik Flaszen
7 Theatre Laboratory 13 Rzedow	71	(10)
Eugenio Barba
8 "I Said Yes to the Past": Interview with Grotowski	81	(5)
Margaret Croyden
9 A Myth Vivisected: Grotowski's Apocalypsis	86	(19)
Konstanty Puzyna
10 External Order, Internal Intimacy: Interview with Grotowski	105	(7)
Marc Fumaroli
11 Introduction: The Laboratory Theatre in New York, 1969	112	(4)
Richard Schechner
12 The Laboratory Theatre in New York, 1969: A set of critiques	116	(16)
Stefan Brecht
13 Why Should I Take Part in the Sacred Dance?	132	(7)
Jan Kott
14 Let Grotowski Sacrifice Masculinity Too	139	(3)
Charles Ludlam
15 Asian Theatre and Grotowski	142	(8)
Donald Richie
16 Is Grotowski Right - Did the Word Come Last?	150	(5)
Walter Kerr
17 A Polish Catholic Hasid	155	(4)
Richard Schechner
18 Jerzy Grotowski	159	(4)
Harold Clurman
19 Dear Grotowski: An open letter	163	(7)
Eric Bentley
20 Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre: Dissolution and diaspora	170	(17)
Robert Findlay
21 In Memory of Ryszard Cieslak	187	(18)
Ferdinando Taviani
PART II: PARATHEATRE, 1969-78, AND THEATRE OF SOURCES, 1976-82	205	(76)
22 Introduction	205	(8)
Richard Schechner
23 Holiday [Swieto]: The day that is holy	213	(11)
Jerzy Grotowski
24 The Vigil [Czuwanie]	224	(5)
Francois Kahn
25 Laboratory Theatre/Grotowski/The Mountain Project	229	(17)
Jenna Kumiega
26 Route to the Mountain: A prose meditation on Grotowski as pilgrim	246	(4)
Ronald Grimes
27 Theatre of Sources	250	(19)
Jerzy Grotowski
28 The Theatre of Sources	269	(12)
Ronald Grimes
PART III: OBJECTIVE DRAMA, 1983-86	281	(84)
29 Introduction	281	(11)
Lisa Wolford
30 Tu es le fils de quelqu'un	292	(12)
Jerzy Grotowski
31 Grotowski, or the Limit	304	(6)
Jan Kott
32 Bali and Grotowski: Some parallels in the training process	310	(16)
I Wayan Lendra
33 Subjective Reflections on Objective Work	326	(22)
Lisa Wolford
34 Grotowski in Irvine: Breaking the silence	348	(6)
Charles Marowitz
35 Jerzy Grotowski's Divination Consultation: Objective Drama seminar at U.C.-Irvine	354	(11)
J. Ndukaku Amankulor
PART IV: ART AS VEHICLE, 1986-	365	(128)
36 Introduction	365	(9)
Lisa Wolford
37 Performer	374	(5)
Jerzy Grotowski
38 Grotowski, Art as a Vehicle	379	(4)
Peter Brook
39 Grotowski Blazes the Trails: From Objective Drama to Art as Vehicle	383	(19)
Zbigniew Osinski
40 Where is Gurutowski?	402	(5)
Halina Filipowicz
41 Action, The unrepresentable origin	407	(23)
Lisa Wolford
42 The Edge-point of Performance (Fragments), Interviewer: Lisa Wolford	430	(28)
Thomas Richards
43 Exoduction: Shape-shifter, shaman, trickster, artist, adept, director, leader, Grotowski	458	(35)
Richard Schechner
Notes	493	(10)
Bibliography and References Cited	503	(5)
Index	508