MCCAW, Dick. Bakhtin and Theatre: Dialogues with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski [Bakhtin e o teatro: diálogos com Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski]. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015. 264p.

Jean Carlos Gonçalves,Marcelo Cabarrão Santos

doi:10.1590/2176-457328069

Abstract

: Dialogues with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski was written by Dick McCaw, a senior lecturer in Drama and Theatre in the Department of Drama and Theatre of Royal Holloway, University of London, and published in 2015 originally in English. There is no Portuguese translation to it yet. of Drama and Theatre of Royal Holloway, University of London, and published in 2015 originally in English. There is no Portuguese translation to it yet. In an unprecedented initiative, the book examines the connections between the thinking of the Russian author Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) and the theatre production of directors and contemporary theatre researchers of Bakhtin’s work: Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938), Vsevelod Meyerhold (1879-1940), and Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999). This study, which is extremely pertinent and relevant to those who not only research on and/or are interested in theatre studies but also want to know and to deepen their knowledge about Bakhtin’s work, offers a lot more than just a handful of references on the approximations of the Russian philosopher with the theatre production of his time. It presents a detailed outline of the relationships between theatre techniques, content and (aesthetic) form in the light of the philosophy and language studies developed by Bakhtin and the Circle. From a somewhat accidental encounter, during his research for a play with the

Highlights

Bakhtin and Theatre: Dialogues with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski was written by Dick McCaw, a senior lecturer in Drama and Theatre in the Department of Drama and Theatre of Royal Holloway, University of London, and published in 2015 originally in English
The book examines the connections between the thinking of the Russian author Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) and the theatre production of directors and contemporary theatre researchers of Bakhtin’s work: Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938), Vsevelod Meyerhold (1879-1940), and Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999)
This study, which is extremely pertinent and relevant to those who research on and/or are interested in theatre studies and want to know and to deepen their knowledge about Bakhtin’s work, offers a lot more than just a handful of references on the approximations of the Russian philosopher with the theatre production of his time. It presents a detailed outline of the relationships between theatre techniques, content and form in the light of the philosophy and language studies developed by Bakhtin and the Circle

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Of Drama and Theatre of Royal Holloway, University of London, and published in 2015 originally in English. The book examines the connections between the thinking of the Russian author Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) and the theatre production of directors and contemporary theatre researchers of Bakhtin’s work: Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938), Vsevelod Meyerhold (1879-1940), and Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999).

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