The Grotowski Sourcebook

by SCHECHNER; RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9780415131117
• ISBN10: 0415131111
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-03-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The influence of Jerzy Grotowski's work on twentieth century theatre is undeniable. A key player in making his work known was "The 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 Sourcebook" includes seminal articles by key practitioners and theorists, six pieces by Grotowski himself and previously unpublished interviews.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 Sourcebook" offers 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
Notes on Contributors	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
Preface	xxv
General Introduction: Ariadne's thread	1	(22)
Lisa Wolford
PART I: THEATRE OF PRODUCTIONS, 1957--69
Introduction	23	(5)
Richard Schechner
Towards a Poor Theatre	28	(10)
Jerzy Grotowski
Interview with Grotowski	38	(18)
Richard Schechner
Theodore Hoffman
Doctor Faustus: Textual montage	56	(8)
Eugenio Barba
Wyspianski's Akropolis	64	(9)
Ludwik Flaszen
Theatre Laboratory 13 Rzedow	73	(10)
Eugenio Barba
``I Said yes to the Past'': Interview with Grotowski	83	(5)
Margaret Croyden
A Myth Vivisected Grotowski's Apocalypsis	88	(19)
Konstanty Puzyna
External Order, Internal Intimacy: Interview with Grotowski	107	(7)
Marc Fumaroli
Introduction The Laboratory Theatren in New York, 1969	114	(4)
Richard Schechner
The Laboratory Theatre in New York,1969 A set of critiques	118	(16)
Stefan Brecht
Why Should I Take Part in the Sacred Dance?	134	(7)
Jan Kott
Let Grotowski Sacrifice Masculinity Too	141	(3)
Charles Ludlam
Asian Theatre and Grotowski	144	(8)
Donald Richie
Grotowski Right-Did the Word Come Last?	152	(5)
Walter Kerr
A Polish Catholic Hasid	157	(4)
Richard Schechner
Jerzy Grotowski	161	(4)
Harold Clurman
Dear Grotowski: An open letter	165	(7)
Eric Bentley
Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre: Dissolution and diaspora	172	(17)
Robert Findlay
In Memory of Ryszard Cieslak	189	(18)
Ferdinando Taviani
PART II: PARATHEATRE, 1969--78, AND THEATRE OF SOURCES, 1976--82
Introduction	207	(8)
Richard Schechner
Holiday [Swieto]: The day that is holy	215	(11)
Jerzy Grotowski
The Vigil [Czuwanie]	226	(5)
Francois Kahn
Laboratory Theatre/Grotowski/the Mountain Project	231	(17)
Jenna Kumiega
Route to the Mountain: A prose meditation on Grotowski as pilgrim	248	(4)
Ronald Grimes
Theatre of Sources	252	(19)
Jerzy Grotowski
The Theatre of Sources	271	(12)
Ronald Grimes
PART III: OBJECTIVE DRAMA, 1983--86
Introduction	283	(11)
Lisa Wolford
Tues le fils de quelqu'un	294	(12)
Jerzy Grotowski
Grotowski, or the Limit	306	(6)
Jan Kott
Bali and Grotowski: Some parallels in the training process	312	(16)
I Wayan Lendra
Subjective Reflections on Objective Work	328	(22)
Lisa Wolford
Grotowski in Irvine: Breaking the silence	350	(6)
Charles Marowitz
Jerzy Grotowski's Divination Consultation: Objective Drama seminar at U C -Irvine	356	(11)
J. Ndukaku Amankulor
PART IV: ART AS VEHICLE, 1986--
Introduction	367	(9)
Lisa Wolford
Performer	376	(5)
Jerzy Grotowski
Grotowski Art as a vehicle	381	(4)
Peter Brook
Grotowski Blazes the Trails: From Objective Drama to Art as Vehicle	385	(19)
Zbigniew Osinski
Where is Gurutowski?	404	(5)
Halina Filipowicz
Action, The unrepresentable origin	409	(23)
Lisa Wolford
The Edge-point of Performance (Fragments), Interviewer: Lisa Wolford	432	(30)
Thomas Richards
Exoduction: Shape-shifter, shaman, trickster, artist, adept, director, leader, Grotowski	462	(33)
Richard Schechner
Notes	495	(10)
Bibliography and References Cited	505	(5)
Index	510