β Scribed by Jonathan Kalb
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This book takes a critical look at the work of one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights from the viewpoint of those whose job it is to give the work life on stage. From personal experience of over seventy productions, from interviews with numerous Beckett actors and directors, and in rare conversations with the playwright himself, Kalb addresses such fundamental questions as: Is the task of performing Beckett categorically different from that of performing other forms of theater? Is the audience's role different, and if so, how? The result is a new insight into particular problems of producing Beckett's early and late works, television plays, and prose works adapted for the stage.
Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
PART ONE: Acting......Page 18
2 Rockaby and the art of inadvertent interpretation......Page 20
3 Considerations of acting in the early plays......Page 35
4 Considerations of acting in the late plays......Page 59
PART TWO: Directing......Page 80
5 Underground staging in perspective......Page 82
6 Ek Joe, Dis joe, He Joe: toward a television icon......Page 106
7 The gamble of staging prose fiction......Page 128
8 Conclusion: the question of context......Page 155
PART THREE: Conversations......Page 174
Notes......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 275
Index......Page 282
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