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The theater of essence and other essays

Jan Kott, Martin Esslin (Writer of introduction)
Print Book, English, 1984
Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1984
Criticism, interpretation, etc
vii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
9780810106642, 9780810106659, 0810106647, 0810106655
18327596
Introduction / by Martin Esslin
Shakespeare's riddle
The author of comedy, or The inspector general
Ibsen read anew
Witkiewicz, or The dialectic of anachronism
On Gombrowicz
Ionesco, or A pregnant death
Noh, or About signs
Bunraku and Kabuki, or About imitation
The icon of the absurd
Why should I take part in the sacred dance?
After Grotowski : the end of the impossible theater
The theater of essence : Kantor and Brook
Tadeusz Borowski : a European education
A cage in search of a bird
The serpent's sting
The seriousness of theater