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- 23 x 28.5 cm
- 248 pages
- 250 black and white and color illustrations
- ISBN: 978-2-9092-8321-0
- Text in French only
This work traces the history of a handful of men who, in 1920s France, reinvented the theatrical form. Taking the Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925 as a starting point, with the experimental room of the Perret brothers and the French and foreign sections at the Grand Palais, the author shows the influence of European renovators on the French avant-garde. From 1909, the pictorial explosion of the Ballets Russes revolutionized the art of decor. At the same time, Jacques Rouché, a decisive mediator, introduced the ideas of Fuchs and Erler to the Künstler Theater in Munich, of Max Reinhardt to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, as well as those of the Englishman Edward Gordon Craig and the Swiss Adolphe Appia, precursors of modern scenography. Directors and actors began to question and revisit the use of space and stage devices. Firmin Gémier was the first in 1911, with the Théâtre national ambulant, followed by Copeau, Jouvet, Baty, Dullin, the Pitoëffs, Édouard Autant and Louise Lara, and Artaud: actors in this dazzling theatrical revolution which anticipated the experiments of the second half of the 20th century.