Introduction: Piecing together the Paris jigsaw – David Brady
and Maria M. Delgado
Part I: Case studies
1. Peter Brook and the CICT (Le Centre International de Créations
Théâtrales)
‘Towards an art of memory’: Peter Brook, a foreigner in Paris –
David Williams
‘Playful understanding’: an interview with David Bennet – David
Bradby and David Williams
‘The quality of understanding’: an interview with Bruce Myers –
David Williams’
‘Communication and the blood of the stage’: an interview with Yoshi
Oida – David Bradby and David Williams
Peter Brook and the freedom of intercultural theatre – Daniel
Meyer-Dinkgräfe
2. Jacques Lecoq and his ‘Ecole Internationale de Théâtre’ in
Paris
The legacy of Lecoq – David Bradby
The pedagogy of the poetic body – Giovanni FUsetti and Suzy
Willson
James Lecoq and his influence in Catalonia – Mercè Saumell
3. Ariane Mnouchkine and the Théâtre du Soleil
Cultural politics and theatrical practice in the history of the
Théâtre du Soleil – David Bradby
Travels with the Soleil – Jean-François Dusigne
4. Augusto Boal and the Théâtre de L’Opprimé
Augusto Boal and the journey to the Centre of Theatre of the
Oppressed (Paris) – Paul Heritage
‘The crossing of many cultures’: an interview with Augusto Boal –
Paul Heritage
‘Placing two things together, you create a third’: an interview
with Rui Frati’ Joel Anderson
Part II: The input of different national theatre traditions to the
‘internationalism’ of Paris theatre
5. The German presence
The German presence in Paris – Rudolf Rach and David Bradby
6. The Russian presence
The Russian presence in Paris 1988–2000 – Maria Shevtsova
7. The Spanish presence
‘City of Light’: an interview with Fernando Arrabal – Alain
Schifrès
Spanish presence on the contemporary Parisian stage – Phyllis
Zatlin
‘Paris as a kind of meeting point’: an email interview with Lluís
Pasqual – Maria M. Delgado
8. The Latin American presence
An Argentine in Paris: an interview with Jorge Lavelli – Maria M.
Delgado
9. The North American presence
Did Paris steal the show for American postmodern directors? –
Frédéric Maurin
Creating the theatrical museum: theatrical visions of an
alternative America; cultural politics and the Festival d’Automne,
1972–2000 – Jim Carmody
10. The African presence
The African presence in Paris – Judith G. Miller
‘Looking outside of Europe’: a conversation with Sylvie Chalaye –
Judith G. Miller
Afterword: British intersections with Paris – Peter Lichtenfels
Index
David Bradby is Professor of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London Maria M. Delgado is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London
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