Max Reinhardt

by J.L. Styan

Book Overview

Max Reinhardt (1873-1943), one of the major theatre figures of the twentieth century, was among the first to establish the importance of the director in modern theatre. His fame outside Germany rests somewhat unfairly on his distorted image as producer of giant, Gothic spectacles staged in vast auditoria or cathedral squares. In this book Professor Styan is concerned to illustrate Reinhardt's astonishing versatility as director of more than six hundred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521295041
• ISBN13: 9780521295048
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"