Le Regard Libre N° 54 - Ivan Garcia
series «The adventures of the stage», episode #1
From ancient tragedy to alexandrine declamation, characteristic of classical theater, via the text-based theater of the 19th centuryth From the beginning of the 20th century to the advent of contemporary staging and performance, the dramatic genre has undergone many (counter-)revolutions and evolutions. Each episode of «Les aventures de la scène» focuses on a particular company or artist, whether playwright, scriptwriter, director, dancer or other, or on theorists of the performing arts who have all, in one way or another, helped to shape theater as we understand it today, as a specific way for people to tell stories.