Fritz Bennewitz in India

Intercultural Theatre with Brecht and Shakespeare

Joerg Esleben, Rohmer Rolf, David G. John

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University of Toronto Press
23 November 2016

Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography: arts & entertainment; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work of East German theatre director Fritz Bennewitz in India between 1970 and 1994. Joerg Esleben has gathered together many of Bennewitz' own writings, most published for the first time, in which he reflects on his production of plays by Bertolt Brecht, Shakespeare, Goethe, Chekhov, and Volker Braun. By translating these writings into English, the editors have provided unprecedented access to Bennewitz' thinking about intercultural work in India.

This material is illuminated by explanatory annotations, contextualized commentary, and critical perspectives from Bennewitz's former colleagues in India and other leading scholars. Through its kaleidoscope of perspectives, Fritz Bennewitz in India offers a significant counter to dominant models of Western theatrical interculturalism.

By: Joerg Esleben
With: Rohmer Rolf, David G. John
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9781487500382
ISBN 10: 1487500386
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 23 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joerg Esleben is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa. Rolf Rohmer is a Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Leipzig University. David G. John is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Waterloo as well as the founding director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies.

Reviews for Fritz Bennewitz in India: Intercultural Theatre with Brecht and Shakespeare

This exhaustively researched book by Joerg Esleben and his group represents the culmination of efforts to document and evaluate Bennewitz's multifaceted work in India. -- Vera Stegmann, Lehigh University * German Studies Review, vol 42 no 1, February 2019 * ...[offers] detailed instances of how a Western director might think about working in rehearsal across cultural difference. -- Ric Knowles, University of Guelph * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *