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Richard Wagner and Festival Theatre
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Simon Williams
Book Code: WWM/
ISBN: 0-313-27435-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27435-0
208 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1994
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies
Series Number: 53
Reviews:
  • Williams's well-crafted study provides even the Wagnerian a useful summary and brief overview, with succinct but perceptive analyses of Wagner's stage work, a clear narrative of his life, a chapter on his theatrical legacy, a comparative chronology, a bibliography with sources in German and English, and well-chosen illustrations.
    —Choice
Description: In contrast to most books on Richard Wagner, this biography focuses primarily on Wagner as an important figure in the development of the theatre. While his contribution to music history has been exhaustively documented and analyzed, his theatrical ventures, in particular the founding of the Bayreuth Festival, have not been the object of much research by English-speaking theatre historians. Nevertheless, the Festival was a crucial event in the development of the European theatre: while Bayreuth established the paradigm for all modern theatre and music festivals, the Festival Theatre itself has provided the most widely imitated architectural configuration in twentieth-century theatre building.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Series Foreword by Josh Beer and Christopher Innes
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • The Fiery Conformist
  • Bohemian in Paris
  • Kapellmeister in Dresden
  • Revolutionary in Exile
  • Romantic in Exile
  • The King's Friend
  • The Master of Bayreuth
  • The Dying Magus
  • Wagner's Legacy
  • Chronology of Wagner's Life
  • Further Reading
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-34081
LCC Class: ML410
Dewey Class: 782.1
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