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A Theatre without Actors

By On 12/02/2018 · Leave a Comment


[This text has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form in Theatre Survey 59.2 (May 2018) (published by Cambridge University Press); copyright (c) 2018, American Society for Theatre Research.]

 

“But everyone who is in favour of a living theatre will no longer be […]

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How to Kill a Great Theatre: The Tragedy of the Volksbühne

By On 20/05/2017 · 8 Comments

 

Almost two years ago, the Berlin government announced that Frank Castorf’s contract as the artistic director of the Volksbühne would not be renewed after the end of his current term in the summer of 2017, and that his successor would be Chris Dercon, at that point Director of the Tate […]

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