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The Theatre of Thomas

Ostermeier
Peter M Boenisch, University of Kent, UK and Thomas
Ostermeier

Thomas Ostermeieris the most internationally recognised

German theatre director of the present. With this book, he
presents his directorial method for the first time. The Theatre
of Thomas Ostermeier provides a toolkit for understanding
and enacting the strategies of his advanced contemporary
approach to staging dramatic texts. An extraordinary, richly
illustrated insight into Ostermeier’s working methods, this
volume will be of interest to practitioners and scholars of
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Contents; Acknowledgements ; Preface by Simon McBurney ; Chapter * Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount and only applies to
1) Playing with the R(ealism) effect: An introduction to Thomas
Ostermeier’s theatre work. ; Chapter 2) Ostermeier writings[1]: Towards books purchased directly via our website.
a new realism. 2.1. Theatre in the age of its acceleration (1999). ; 2.2
Insights into the reality of human community: A defence of realism in
theatre (2009). ; Chapter 3) Making theatre with Thomas Ostermeier. For more details, or to request a copy for review, please contact: Christopher Hardin, Senior
3.1 Creating stage spaces like it is not possible anywhere else: Jan
Pappelbaum on twenty years of inventing spaces for Thomas Marketing Manager, 212.216.7869, christopher.hardin@taylorandfrancis.com
Ostermeier ; 3.2 Revealing truths about human existence: Lars Eidinger
on 'acting Ostermeier' ; 3.3 A whole new world to explore: Sébastien
Dupouey on his video artworks for Thomas Ostermeier’s theatre ; Colour
plate section I ; Chapter 4) Ostermeier writings [2]: ‘It’s us’: Ibsen’s plays
and contemporary worries 4.1 Theatre against Fear: Thomas Ostermeier
in conversation with Àlex Rigola (2006). ; 4.2 Reading and staging Ibsen
(2010). ; Chapter 5) Ostermeier at work [1]: An Enemy of the People (2012).
5.1 The dramaturg’s work: Florian Borchmeyer ; 5.2 The actors’ work:
The path towards An Enemy of the People.; 5.3 Ein Volksfeind around the
world: The actors’ diary. ; 5.4 The artist’s work: Katharina Ziemke. ; 5.5
The assistant’s work: Christoph Schletz. ; Chapter 6) Ostermeier on
directing. 6.1 The art of communicating: Thomas Ostermeier’s ‘inductive
method’ of Regie. ; 6.2 A postscript on directing postdramatic theatre.
And Shakespeare. ; Colour plate section II ; Chapter 7) Ostermeier at
work [2]: Richard III (2015). 7.1 Totus mundus agit histrionem: Reading
and staging Shakespeare (2014). ; 7.2 Preparing Richard III: The longing
for the disavowed abyss (September 2014). ; 7.3 Rehearsing Richard III:
A Diary (September 2014 to February 2015). ; 7.4 After Richard: Mission
‘Ensemble Acting’ (June 2015). ; Chapter 8) Ostermeier writings [III]: The
politics of contemporary theatre. ; 8.1 ‘The more political we are, the
better we sell’: A conversation about the political potential of directing
classical drama and the nasty traps of today’s cultural industry (2014).
; 8.2 The future of theatre (2013). ; Chapter 9) Thomas Ostermeier: Work,
1994 - 2015. ; 9.2 Sources of the texts in this volume ;

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