Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In Search of Theater is widely regarded as the best portrait of theatre in the turbulent years following World War II. The book's influence contributed substantially to the rising reputations of such artists as Bertolt Brecht and Martha Graham.
Synopsis
This book was written between 1946 and 1952 and first published in 1953. It is now widely regarded as the standard portrait of the European and American theater in the turbulent and seminal years following World War II; but it is far more than that. It ranges back as far as Ibsen and even Shakespeare and has contributed very substantially to a number of reputations that would long outlast 1950 such as those of Bertolt Brecht Charles Chaplin and Martha Graham. For Bentley fans it is an essential link in a chain that runs from The Playwright as Thinker to The Life of the Drama to The Brecht Memoir and Thinking About the Playwright .