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Max Reinhardt High Priest of Theatricality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2021

Martin Esslin
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Among all the great personalities who, early in this century, created and established the modern concept of the director in the theatre (Antoine, Lugné-Poe, Gordon Craig, Stanislavsky), Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) is often dismissed as an eclectic who took his ideas from others and dabbled in all forms of theatre for the sake of personal commercial success. While there is a grain of truth in this view, it nevertheless completely misrepresents one of the greatest personalities in the theatre of this or any other age.

Type
Historical
Information
The Drama Review , Volume 21 , Issue 2: Theatricalism Issue , June 1977 , pp. 3 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © 1977 The Drama Review

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