{"product_id":"bennewitz-goethe-faust-german-and-intercultural-stagings-9781442643338","title":"Bennewitz, Goethe, 'Faust': German and Intercultural Stagings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David G. John\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany's Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and linguistic adjustment, he directed productions in twelve countries, always adapting shows to make them meaningful to local audiences. Notably, Bennewitz conducted stagings of Goethe's \u003cem\u003eFaust \u003c\/em\u003ein four different languages over a series of seven productions -- three in pre-unification Weimar, one in the reunited Germany, and one each in New York, Manila, and Mumbai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive account of Bennewitz's remarkable career, \u003cem\u003eBennewitz, Goethe, Faust \u003c\/em\u003eis also a pioneering study of intercultural interpretations of \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e. David G. John brings to light previously unknown archival materials -- including annotated playbooks, correspondence, translations, videos, and reception information -- as well as unpublished production photos from the stagings discussed in the book. \u003cem\u003eBennewitz, Goethe, Faust\u003c\/em\u003e makes a cogent argument for this director's place alongside the twentieth century's greatest theatre innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47780757635223,"sku":"9781442643338","price":8883.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442643338.webp?v=1778047971","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bennewitz-goethe-faust-german-and-intercultural-stagings-9781442643338","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}