Roger Blin: Collaborations and Methodologies: 6 (Stage & Screen Studies)

Taylor-Batty, Mark

ISBN 10: 3039105027 / ISBN 13: 9783039105021

Published by Verlag Peter Lang, 2007

About this Item

Series: Stage & Screen Studies. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302. . 2007. New. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9783039105021

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roger Blin: Collaborations and Methodologies: 6 (Stage & Screen Studies)
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039105027
• ISBN 13: 9783039105021
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Roger Blin’s career in the Arts was woven inextricably into the fabric of the Twentieth-Century French Avant-Garde. First appearing in the films of Abel Gance, Marcel Carné and Jean Cocteau, his acting career led him to a close friendship and association with Antonin Artaud, for whom he performed the function of assistant director. He championed Samuel Beckett’s En attendant Godot, otherwise rejected unanimously by the French theatrical establishment, was Jean Genet’s director of choice and was long associated with artists and practitioners as diverse as Arthur Adamov, Jean-Louis Barrault and Jacques Prévert. Marxist in outlook, Blin also sought to apply rigorous humanist principles to his art and delighted in the opportunities he enjoyed to disrupt and upturn the attitudes and complacencies of certain of his audiences. This book surveys all aspects of Blin’s artistic output to consider and clarify his motivations, his ambitions and his aesthetic preferences. In doing so, the author hopes to offer perspectives on the methodologies that Blin employed and define the influence his work and his legacy has exerted on the French and World stage.

About the Author

The Author: Mark Taylor-Batty is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He has published on the writings of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett, and has interests in issues of translation for the stage, author/director relationships and the status of the text in performance.