“…[offers] detailed instances of how a western director might think about working in rehearsal across cultural difference.”
—Ric Knowles, University of Guelph, University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018
“This exhaustively researched book by Joerg Esleben and his group represents the culmination of efforts to document and evaluate Bennewitz’s multifaceted work in India.”
—Vera Stegmann, Lehigh University, German Studies Review, vol 42 no 1, February 2019
“The narrative that unfolds in Fritz Bennewitz in India documents major cross-cultural collaborations, and is a much-needed counterpoint to other forms of Euro-American interculturalism.”
—Aparna Dharwadker, Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Fritz Bennewitz’s work was a major contribution to Indian theatre and his letters are a valuable testimony and record of it. The translators have performed a wonderful feat in translating the original German into sensitive and highly readable English prose.”
—Vasudha Dalmia, Professor Emerita of Hindi and Modern South Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley