Mel Gordon
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| - | '''Mel Gordon''' (February 18, 1947 - March 22, 2018) was a Professor of Theater Arts at the [[University of California]], Berkeley. | + | '''Mel Gordon''' (February 18, 1947 - March 22, 2018) was a [[theatrical historian]]. He wrote on [[1920s Berlin]], [[Grand Guignol]], [[lazzi]], [[Hanussen]], [[Dada]], [[drugs]] and [[Expressionism]]. |
| - | + | ==Bibliography== | |
| - | ==Bibligraphy== | + | *''[[Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte]]'' (1983) |
| *''[[Expressionist Texts]]'' (1986) | *''[[Expressionist Texts]]'' (1986) | ||
| - | Expressionism has been a dominant force in painting, film, graphics, theatre, literature, and music throughout the twentieth century. Several of the classics of the style are represented in this volume, including: Sphinx and the Strawman by Oskar Kokoschka, Sancta Susanna by August Stramm, From Morn to Midnight by Georg Kaiser, Ithaka by Gottfried Benn, The Son by Walter Hasenclever, The Transfiguration by Ernst Toller, Crucifixion by Lothar Schreyer. | + | *''[[Dada Performance]]'' (1987) |
| - | + | *''[[The Grand Guignol]]'' (1988) | |
| - | + | *''[[Meyerhold, Eisenstein and Biomechanics]]'' (1996) | |
| - | *''Dada Performance'' (1987) | + | *''[[The Stanislavsky Technique]]'' (2000) |
| - | *''The Grand Guignol'' (1988) | + | *''[[Hanussen|Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant]]'' (2001) |
| - | *''The Stanislavsky Technique'' (2000) | + | |
| - | *''[[Hanussen|Hanussen]]: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant'' (2001) | + | |
| *''[[Voluptuous Panic]]'' (2006) | *''[[Voluptuous Panic]]'' (2006) | ||
| *''[[The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber]]'' (2006) | *''[[The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber]]'' (2006) | ||
| *''[[Horizontal Collaborations]]'' (2015) | *''[[Horizontal Collaborations]]'' (2015) | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Feral House]] | ||
| + | *[[Funnyman]] | ||
| + | *[[Nobrow]] | ||
| + | *[[Transgression]] | ||
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Mel Gordon (February 18, 1947 - March 22, 2018) was a theatrical historian. He wrote on 1920s Berlin, Grand Guignol, lazzi, Hanussen, Dada, drugs and Expressionism.
Bibliography
- Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte (1983)
- Expressionist Texts (1986)
- Dada Performance (1987)
- The Grand Guignol (1988)
- Meyerhold, Eisenstein and Biomechanics (1996)
- The Stanislavsky Technique (2000)
- Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant (2001)
- Voluptuous Panic (2006)
- The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber (2006)
- Horizontal Collaborations (2015)
See also
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