PDF The Casting Handbook: For Film and Theatre Makers by Suzy Catliff; Jennifer Granville in Arts-Photography

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Yevgeny Vakhtangov was a pioneering theatre artist who married Stanislavskirsquo;s demands for inner truth with a singular imaginative vision. Directly and indirectly; he is responsible for the making of our contemporary theatre: that is Andrei Malaev-Babelrsquo;s argument in this; the first English-language monograph to consider Vakhtangovrsquo;s life and work as actor and director; teacher and theoretician.Ranging from Moscow to Israel; from Fantastic Realism to Vakhtangovrsquo;s futuristic projection; the theatre of the lsquo;Eternal Maskrsquo;; Yevgeny Vakhtangov: A Critical Portrait:considers his input as one of the original teachers of Stanislavskyrsquo;s system; and the complex relationship shared by the two men;reflects on his directorship of the First Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre and the Habima (which was later to become Israels National Theatre) as well as the Vakhtangov Studio; the institution he established;examines in detail his three final directorial masterpieces; Erick XIV; The Dybbuk and Princess Turandot.Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived; Yevgeny Vakhtangov represents the ideal companion to Malaev-Babelrsquo;s Vakhtangov Sourcebook (2011). Together; these important critical interventions reveal Vakhtangovrsquo;s true stature as one of the most significant representatives of the Russian theatrical avant-garde.