Eric Bentley (1916–2020)
Auteur de The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama
A propos de l'auteur
Eric Bentley is the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature, Emeritus, at Columbia University.
Crédit image: Michael Amsler
Séries
Œuvres de Eric Bentley
Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1968 (1971) — Directeur de publication — 86 exemplaires
"Life Is a Dream" and Other Spanish Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire Volume Two) (1985) 82 exemplaires
The Servant of Two Masters & Other Italian Classics (Paperback) (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire) (2000) 63 exemplaires
The Misanthrope and Other French Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire ; V. 3) (2000) 45 exemplaires
What Is Theatre?: Incorporating The Dramatic Event and Other Reviews, 1944-1967 (1956) 37 exemplaires
A century of hero-worship; a study of the idea of heroism in Carlyle and Nietzsche (1944) 19 exemplaires
The recantation of Galileo Galilei;: Scenes from history perhaps (Harper colophon books/CN) (1972) 13 exemplaires
The Great Playwrights: Twenty-Five Plays with Commentaries by Critics and Scholars (Vol. 1 & 2) (1970) 11 exemplaires
The importance of Scrutiny; selections from Scrutiny, a quarterly review, 1932-1948 (1948) 9 exemplaires
The cult of the superman; a study of the idea of heroism in Carlyle and Nietzsche, with notes on other hero-worshippers… (1969) 2 exemplaires
The Modern Theatre: A Six Volume Set 2 exemplaires
Thirty Years of Treason, Volume 3: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1953… (2014) 2 exemplaires
The Play. a Critical Anthology 2 exemplaires
The Classic Theatre Volume One: Six Italian Plays 1 exemplaire
O Teatro Engajado 1 exemplaire
The Modern Theatre, Volume One: five plays 1 exemplaire
The Classic Theatre Six Spanish Plays Volume Three 1 exemplaire
The Fall of the Amazons 1 exemplaire
The storm over The deputy, edited by Eric Bentley 1 exemplaire
Playwright as thinker: a Study of the Modern Theatre 1 exemplaire
The Great Playwrights , Vol's. 1 and 2 1 exemplaire
The Servant of Two Masters & Other Italian Classics (Paperback): And Other Italian Classics (Applause Books Book 4) 1 exemplaire
The Harmfulness of Tobacco 1 exemplaire
Riverside Bentley on Brecht 1 exemplaire
From the Modern Repertoire. Series One 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Mère Courage et ses enfants. Chronique de la guerre de Trente ans (1939) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 2,381 exemplaires
The Good Woman of Setzuan / The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 355 exemplaires
Baal / A Man's a Man / The Elephant Calf (1918) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 164 exemplaires
The Brute and Other Farces (1958) — Directeur de publication; Directeur de publication — 49 exemplaires
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret [programme] — Traducteur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Bentley, Eric Russell
- Date de naissance
- 1916-09-14
- Date de décès
- 2020-08-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1948) - Lieu de naissance
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- natural causes
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Yale University (B.Litt | 1939 | PhD | 1941 - Comparative Literature)
University of Oxford (BA|1938|University College)
Bolton School - Professions
- theatre critic
playwright
translator
editor
professor
singer - Relations
- Brecht, Bertolt (colleague)
- Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Columbia University
The New Republic
Black Mountain College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Minnesota (tout afficher 8)
State University of New York, Buffalo
University of Maryland - Prix et distinctions
- 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) (tout afficher 7)
Robert Chesley Award (2007) - Courte biographie
- 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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Critiques
The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to… par 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!… (plus d'informations)
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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 77
- Aussi par
- 25
- Membres
- 2,201
- Popularité
- #11,660
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 17
- ISBN
- 119
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 1