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Max Reinhardt
From Bourgeois Theater to Metropolitan Culture
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Max Reinhardt was one of the formative directors of modern theater. Starting as an actor, it soon became clear that he wanted more. His vision of a theater "that returns joy to the people" was vast and expansive: It included intimate theatrical arrangement as well as mass production in the circus arena. Reinhardt's aesthetics were not restricted to a single program but indulged in a playful eclecticism. Thus, his career as a director that lasted for almost 40 years comprises a broad variety of artists of various genres as well as many different styles.
At the same time, Reinhardt soon longed for an international range: guest performances throughout Europe and to the US soon made him into a global star – and even a brand. He represents a metropolitan culture that roots in the late nineteenth century but comes to an end when Fasicsm in Europe ended any hopes for an international culture. As a Jew, Reinhardt himself had to flee the Nazis but when he eventually arrived in the US, he could not follow up with his earlier successes. Marx provides a broad panorama of Reinhardt's work, portraying not only his work method and some of his best known productions, but also the cultural conditions of his visionary enterprise.
About the Author:
Peter W. Marx is professor of theater and media studies at the University of Cologne and director of its Theater Studies Collection.Robert E. Goodwin is a lecturer in English at Skidmore College. He is the translator of Markus Werner’s novel On the Edge and of Rüdiger Safranski’s Romanticism: A German Affair.
Press Reviews:
"Attuned to all the paradoxes of a commercially aspiring avant-gardist whose works ripened to a vast scale, Marx provides an unblinking account of a formative theatre artist inseparable from twentieth-century socio-political history."—Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University
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See the complete filmography of Max Reinhardt on the website: IMDB ...
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