Richard Wagner and Festival Theatre

by Simon Williams

Book Overview

In contrast to most books on Richard Wagner, this biography focuses primarily on Wagner as an important figure in the development of the theatre. While his contribution to music history has been exhaustively documented and analyzed, his theatrical ventures, in particular the founding of the Bayreuth Festival, have not been the object of much research by English-speaking theatre historians. Nevertheless, the Festival was a crucial event in the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275936082
• ISBN13: 9780275936082
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"