Theatre Of Visions: Robert Wilson

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Robert Wilson's theatre is the stuff of legend. He has taught theatre-goers to see the world with different eyes.

Stefan Brecht's book provides detailed documentation and analysis of a number of Wilson's earliest groundbreaking works including The Life of Sigmund Freud, Deafman Glance and Einstein on the Beach.

"Never since I was born have I seen anything more beautiful on this earth, never ever has there been another performance to equal this one, because it is simultaneously life at its most vivid and life with its eyes closed, reality mixed with dreaming, the inexplicability of everything in a deaf man's glance." (Louis Aragon Open Letter to Andr Breton)

"His theatre is a world of its own" (Heiner Mller)

Author Bio

Stefan Brecht (1924-2009) was born in Berlin, Germany, and from 1941 spent most of his time in the USA. A doctor of philosophy, he published both criticism and philosophy, and performed with Charles Ludlam and Robert Wilson. He wrote many books including Bread and Puppet Theatre (volumes 1 and 2); Queer Theatre and Theatre of Visions, all published by Methuen Drama.