German Expressionist Theatre : The Actor and the Stage

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Summary: A thoroughly researched and informative book
Review: Prof. Kuhns is evidently a brilliant scholar, and he has done an especially fine job of describing the actual practices of the directors and actors of the early 20th-century theatrical movement called Expressionism. And I admired his final observations on what the movement bequeathed to Brecht -- so much so that I hope he will go forward and give us the as-yet unwritten, in-depth study of Brecht's actual stage practice. There are times when this author succumbs to fashionable scholarly jargon and others when he neglects to sketch adequately the social and historical moment. But I found plenty to absorb in this meaty study.