Overview

This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Grotowski's life and work.

Edited by Experts

Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, the sourcebook features:

• essays from the key performance theorists who worked with Grotowski, including Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Jan Kott, Eric Bentley, Harold Clurman, and Charles Marowitz
• writings which trace every phase of Grotowski's career from his "theatre of production" to "objective drama" and "art as vehicle"
• a wide-ranging collection of Grotowski's own writings, plus an interview with his closest collaborator and "heir", Thomas Richards
• an array of photographs documenting Grotowski and his followers in action
• a historical-critical study of Grotowski by Richard Schechner