Research Catalog

Title

Rehearsing with gods : photographs and essays on the Bread & Puppet Theater / Ronald T. Simon & Marc Estrin ; [foreword by Grace Paley].

Author

Simon, Ronald T., 1959-

Publication

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2004.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Estrin, Marc.
• Paley, Grace
• Bread and Puppet Theater.

Description

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations; 26 x 27 cm

Summary

"Peter Schumann and his Bread & Puppet Theater are likely the most important, and surely the longest-lasting, contributors to modern American theater history. Since the early sixties Schumann and his puppeteers have been pouring out work after work on every scale: political works, mysterious works, grand works, modest works, works on the street and works in fields, works to be played in every size theater on four continents, books, prints, posters, and banners which live as show-and-tell in so many homes." "Ronald T. Simon, a photographer, and Marc Estrin, a long-time puppeteer, have contributed in their own ways to the shows, recording and reflecting on the events. Out of their experiences they have created Rehearsing with Gods: Photographs and Essays on the Bread & Puppet Theater." "Far more than history or documentation, they identify eight archetypes engaged repeatedly by Peter Schumann and his crew. Their book consists of parallel meditations - the texts not commenting on the photos unified and intertwined by the chapter themes of Death, Fiend, Beast, Human, World, Gift, Bread, and Hope." "Altogether, it's a collaboration that reflects their sixty odd man-years of personal experience in, hidden narratives of, and speculative reflections on Peter Schumann's projects, ever-more relevant to our times. This is a book that will engage both fans and newcomers - an inside-view of Peter Schumann's political-artistic world."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Bread and Puppet Theater
• Bread and Puppet Theater Pictorial works
• Schumann, Peter, 1934-
• Puppet theater > Vermont

Contents

Death -- Fiend -- Beast -- Human -- World -- Gift -- Bread -- Hope.

Call Number

MWFL 05-3137

ISBN

• 1931498199
• 9781931498197

LCCN

2003024015

OCLC

53374877

Author

Simon, Ronald T., 1959- photographer.

Title

Rehearsing with gods : photographs and essays on the Bread & Puppet Theater / Ronald T. Simon & Marc Estrin ; [foreword by Grace Paley].

Imprint

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2004.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Connect to:

Table of contents

Added Author

Estrin, Marc.

Paley, Grace, writer of foreword.

Bread and Puppet Theater.

Other Form:

Online version: Simon, Ronald T., 1959- Rehearsing with gods. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2004 (OCoLC)681050156

Research Call Number

MWFL 05-3137

MWFL 04-4110