Erwin Piscator: Politics on the Stage in the Weimer Republic

Synopsis

Erwin Piscator was the most inventive political director in Germany between the Great War and Hitler. The slides, chosen from designs, production-photographs, cartoons and newspaper drawings, bring alive his efforts to correlate conventional scripts with their political, social and economic contents.

Series

Theatre in Focus, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; 50 slides. b&w/col.

Year of production

1987

Availability

Sale

Documentation

Accompanying 58-page text gives a detailed commentary on the slides and a checklist of Piscator’s productions.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama; Germany; Piscator, Erwin

Credits

Writer

Hugh Rorrison

Contributor

Richard Allen Cave

Production Company

Name

Chadwyck-Healey Ltd

Notes

Now known as ProQuest (3/04)

Sponsor

Name

Consortium for Drama & Media in Higher Education

Web

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7393 1500

Fax

020 7393 1555

Address

c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London W1T 3QJ

Distributor

Name

ProQuest Information and Learning

Email

marketing@chadwyck.co.uk

Web

http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/default.shtml External site opens in new window

Phone

01223 215512

Fax

01223 215514

Address

UMI
The Quorum
Barnwell Road
Cambridge
CB5 8SW

Notes

formerly known as Chadwyck Healey