[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: History to Remember

[Donald Boozer]

George Santayana said, "Those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The history
highlighted below deserves to be remembered (and maybe
even repeated!) Click on the link provided
to access the library=92s catalog to reserve any of these titles.
For more information, visit us on the second floor of the
Main Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and
Superior Avenue, call 216-623-2881, or email us at
=93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


Konstantin Stanislavsky.
Bella Merlin.
Routledge, 2003.
(PN2062 .M47 2003)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0415258863
(Link includes a summary and table of contents)
This is the first book to combine an overview of Stanislavky's
life history, an assessment of his widely read text, An Actor Prepare=
s,
detailed commentary of the key 1898 production of The Seagull, and
an indispensable set of practical exercises for actors, teachers
and directors. -- from the back cover


A Short History of Western Performance Space.
David Wiles.
Cambridge, 2003.
(PN2570 .W56 2003)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0521012740
"This innovative book provides a historical account of performance
space within the theatrical traditions of western Europe...Begins wit=
h
Greek theatre and closes with contemporary interpretations of staging
and place." -- from the back cover


Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000. (3rd edition)
P. Adams Sitney.
Oxford University Press, 2002.
(PN1995.9.E96 S53 2002)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D019514886x
"Critics hailed previous editions...Now P. Adams Sitney has once agai=
n
revised and updated this classic work... bringing his discussions of =
the
principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000."
-- from the back cover

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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
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