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Great Lengths
Jonathan Kalb
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Description for Great Lengths
Paperback. Winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and the George Freedley Memorial Award from the Theatre Library Association Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
We know that size matters in many areas of human endeavour, but what about works of the imagination? Why do some dramatic creations extend to five hours or more, and how does their extreme length help them accomplish extraordinarily ambitious aims? In Great Lengths, theatre critic and scholar Jonathan Kalb addresses these and other questions through a close look at seven internationally prominent theatre productions, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Nicholas Nickleby, and the ""durational works"" of the British experimental company Forced Entertainment. This is a book about extreme ... Read more
We know that size matters in many areas of human endeavour, but what about works of the imagination? Why do some dramatic creations extend to five hours or more, and how does their extreme length help them accomplish extraordinarily ambitious aims? In Great Lengths, theatre critic and scholar Jonathan Kalb addresses these and other questions through a close look at seven internationally prominent theatre productions, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Nicholas Nickleby, and the ""durational works"" of the British experimental company Forced Entertainment. This is a book about extreme ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035496
SKU
V9780472035496
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About Jonathan Kalb
Jonathan Kalb is a theatre critic and scholar whose work has appeared in Village Voice and New York Press. He is Professor in the Department of Theater at Hunter College, City University of New York, USA and author of Beckett in Performance and The Theater of Heiner Müller.
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