Complicite, Theatre and Aesthetics From Scraps of Leather [Hardcover]

This book presents a pioneering critical study of Complicites work throughout the years. Drawing on an extensive overview of the available research material  including interviews, manuscripts and the companys own archive  the book is framed within a clearly defined research perspective and explores the singularity of theatre communication. The book results from an encounter between the London-based  but cosmopolitan in scope  company, and a fresh application of the form-oriented scholarship of Eastern Europe, Yuri Lotmans semiosphere in particular. Focused on the aesthetics of Complicite, this study achieves a critical distance and undertakes multidimensional scrutiny of the available research material. By identifying  the  principles of Complicites aesthetics, the book attempts to grasp the companys  artistic paradigm. It focuses on ways of creating, preserving, and decoding meanings, rather than on the nuances of performance or contextual issues.

Introduction.- Chapter 1. The artistic signature of Simon McBurney.- Chapter 2. The logic of the plot in Th??tre de Complicit?.- Chapter 3. The world of the stage.- Chapter 4. The textual tissue of Theatre de Complicite.- Chapter 5. The aesthetics of Complicite.- Chapter 6. Kaleidoscopic fragmentariness.- Chapter 7. The Ongoing Narrative.

Dr Tomasz Wi[niewski works at the University of GdaDsk, Poland. He is a co-founder of the Between.Pomidzy Festival, and the founder of the Beckett Research Group in GdaDsk. He has published a monograph on Samuel Beckett, co-edited ten academic publications, and published articles on theatre and literature, in Poland, France, UK, Austria, Brazil and the USA. He is a member of the editorial board of the literary quarterly Tekstualia.