Kaddish Pages on Tadeusz Kantor - Enactments

Tadeusz Kantor (1915-90) was renowned for his revolutionary theater performances in both his native Poland and abroad. Despite nominally being a Catholic, Kantor had a unique relationship with Jewish culture and incorporated many elements of Jewish theater into his works. In Kaddish, Jan Kott, an equally important figure in twentieth-century theater criticism, presents one of the most poignant descriptions of what might be called "the experience of Kantor." At the core of the book is a fundamental philosophical question: What can save the memory of Kantor's "Theatre of Death"-the Image, or the Word/Logos? Kott's biblical answer in Kaddish is that Kantor's theatre can be saved in its essence only by the Word, the Logos. This slim volume, Kott's final work, is a distilled meditation that casts light on how two of the most prominent figures in Western theater reflected on the philosophy of the stage.  

ISBN:	9780857427489
Publisher:	Seagull Books
Imprint:	Seagull Books
Published date:	01 Sep 2020
DEWEY:	792.0233092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiv, 88
Weight:	90g
Height:	108mm
Width:	178mm
Spine width:	10mm

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