Fritz Bennewitz in India: Intercultural Theatre with Brecht and Shakespeare by Joerg Esleben, Rolf Rohmer, and David G. John

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Fritz Bennewitz in India: Intercultural Theatre with Brecht and Shakespeare
Authors:	Joerg Esleben, Rolf Rohmer, and David G. John
ISBN:	9789395474955
Binding:	Hardcover
Year:	2025
Pages:	384 with numerous b/w illustrations
Size:	16 x 24 x 4 cm
Weight:	730 grams
Price:	INR~~2495~~2246.00

About the Book

This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work of East German theatre director Fritz Bennewitz in India between 1970 and 1994. Joerg Esleben has gathered together many of Bennewitz’s own writings, most published for the first time, in which he reflects on his production of plays by Bertolt Brecht, Shakespeare, Goethe, Chekhov, and Volker Braun. By translating these writings into English, the editors have provided unprecedented access to Bennewitz’s thinking about intercultural work in India. This material is illuminated by explanatory annotations, contextualized commentary, and critical perspectives from Bennewitz’s former colleagues in India and other leading scholars. Through its kaleidoscope of perspectives, Fritz Bennewitz in India offers a significant counter to dominant models of Western theatrical interculturalism.

About the Authors

Joerg Esleben

Joerg Esleben is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa.

Rolf Rohmer

Rolf Rohmer is a professor emeritus of theatre at Leipzig University.

David G. John

David G. John is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Waterloo as well as the founding director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies.

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