Eric Bentley (1916–2020)
Auteur van The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama
Over de Auteur
Eric Bentley is the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature, Emeritus, at Columbia University.
Fotografie: Michael Amsler
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Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1968 (1971) — Redacteur — 86 exemplaren
"Life Is a Dream" and Other Spanish Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire Volume Two) (1985) 82 exemplaren
The Servant of Two Masters & Other Italian Classics (Paperback) (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire) (2000) 63 exemplaren
The Misanthrope and Other French Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire ; V. 3) (2000) 45 exemplaren
What Is Theatre?: Incorporating The Dramatic Event and Other Reviews, 1944-1967 (1956) 37 exemplaren
A century of hero-worship; a study of the idea of heroism in Carlyle and Nietzsche (1944) 19 exemplaren
The recantation of Galileo Galilei;: Scenes from history perhaps (Harper colophon books/CN) (1972) 13 exemplaren
The Great Playwrights: Twenty-Five Plays with Commentaries by Critics and Scholars (Vol. 1 & 2) (1970) 11 exemplaren
The importance of Scrutiny; selections from Scrutiny, a quarterly review, 1932-1948 (1948) 9 exemplaren
The cult of the superman; a study of the idea of heroism in Carlyle and Nietzsche, with notes on other hero-worshippers… (1969) 2 exemplaren
The Modern Theatre: A Six Volume Set 2 exemplaren
Thirty Years of Treason, Volume 3: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1953… (2014) 2 exemplaren
The Play. a Critical Anthology 2 exemplaren
O Teatro Engajado 1 exemplaar
The Modern Theatre, Volume One: five plays 1 exemplaar
The Fall of the Amazons 1 exemplaar
The Great Playwrights , Vol's. 1 and 2 1 exemplaar
The Harmfulness of Tobacco 1 exemplaar
Riverside Bentley on Brecht 1 exemplaar
From the Modern Repertoire. Series One 1 exemplaar
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The Good Woman of Setzuan / The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948) — Vertaler, sommige edities — 354 exemplaren
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret [programme] — Vertaler — 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Bentley, Eric Russell
- Geboortedatum
- 1916-09-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2020-08-05
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1948) - Geboorteplaats
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- natural causes
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- Yale University (B.Litt | 1939 | PhD | 1941 - Comparative Literature)
University of Oxford (BA|1938|University College)
Bolton School - Beroepen
- theatre critic
playwright
translator
editor
professor
singer - Relaties
- Brecht, Bertolt (colleague)
- Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Columbia University
The New Republic
Black Mountain College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Minnesota (toon alle 8)
State University of New York, Buffalo
University of Maryland - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Publishing Triangle (Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting ∙ 2007)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1953)
American Theatre Hall of Fame (1998)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1969)
New York Theater Hall of Fame
Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement (2006) (toon alle 7)
Robert Chesley Award (2007) - Korte biografie
- Eric Bentley is best known as a theater critic and for his many years of close collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, whom he met as a young man and whose work he translated into English. He has also edited publications of Brecht's work and made two albums of Brecht songs, some of which appeared in English for the first time.
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The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to… door Eric Bentley
Hhmm.. Welp, my copy is a hardback from 1972 - but this edition is close enuf. This has writings by Antonin Artaud, Bertold Brecht, & E. Gordon Craig - amongst many others - but these 3 are probably enuf to get across the idea of why I'm giving it a high rating. Craig, if I remember correctly, proposed a theater of all sets, lighting & motion - W/O actors. Now, I skimming thru his section of this bk & I see no reference to that & I don't know if Craig actually ever realized those ideas or even if I'm confused about the whole business. Nonetheless, it's largely b/c of my association of Craig w/ such things that I give this bk the rating I do. At any rate, this is probably the largest concentration of theater theory that I've ever read & it's important to me for that alone. I've gone thru the "plays" section of my library - picking out the ones I've read to list here on GoodReads. It's interesting to see the collection of plays that I have & to then see how few of them I've read. It reminds me that I don't like reading plays much. &, as w/ all my attempts to scratch the surface of what I've read, it makes me want to read MORE, MORE!… (meer)
Around four stars if you are not interested in opera. I'm not, yet consistently entertaining writing and trenchant criticism add a star, for anyone who enjoys those. Except:
Around three stars if you are not interested in classical music. Except:
Around two stars if you are interested in no music. Go away.
The first fifth is criticism of music criticism.
Around three stars if you are not interested in classical music. Except:
Around two stars if you are interested in no music. Go away.
The first fifth is criticism of music criticism.
Vol. 3 includes: Fernando de Rojas, Celestina; Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna; Tirso de Molina, The Trickster of Seville; Calderón de la Barca, Life is a dream and Love after death; Miguel de Cervantes, The Siege of Numantia.
Vol. 1 includes: Machiavelli, The Mandrake; Beoleo, Ruzzante returns from the wars; Anonymous, The Three Cuckolds; Goldoni, The Servant of two masters; Goldoni, Mirandolina; Gozzi, The King Stag.
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