The Grotowski Sourcebook (Worlds of Performance)

This highly acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. With interest in Grotowski increasing after his sad death in 1999, this updated volume is a timely and welcome edition. Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, this unique and fantastically comprehensive sourcebook features: *Essays from all the key performance theorists to have 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' *An amazing collection of Grtowski's own writings, plus an interview with his closest collaborator and 'heir' Thomas Richards *A vast range of stunning photographic documentation of Grotowski and his followers in action *An historical-critical study of Grotowski by Richard Schechner This is a must-buy essential volume for anyone interested in Grotowski's life and work.