Sails of the Herring Fleet: Essays on Beckett (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) | 
| Author: Herbert Blau
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 5596367
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0472111493
Dewey Decimal Number: 842.914
EAN: 9780472111497
ASIN: 0472111493
Publication Date: August 1, 2000
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Sails of the Herring Fleet traces esteemed director and theorist Herbert Blau's encounters with the work of Samuel Beckett. Blau directed Beckett's plays when they were still virtually unknown, and for more than four decades has remained one of the leading interpreters of his work. In addition to now-classic essays, the collection includes early program notes and two remarkable interviews -- one from Blau's experience directing Waiting for Godot at San Quentin prison, and one from his last visit with Beckett, just before the playwright's death.
Herbert Blau is Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor of the Humanities, University of Washington.
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'Why do people make something so simple so complicated' January 11, 2004
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Editorial Review above says it all - suitable for university libraries only. And Mr. Blau is so big-headed too. And he thinks Beckett's own attempts at directing were too 'literal' whereas his, of course, are clever. Clever by extending the opening mime in Endgame to 12 minutes? Beckett shorted and simplified it, at the Schiller Theatre. Beckett thought Endgame should last 75 minutes, Blau 2 hours. Yawn, yawn. Nothing more to say, as the book is unreadable to anyone outside the freemasonry of academia. You all ought to take a leaf out of the scientists' book; make yourself accessible, become 'sexy'. It really is not that difficult to speak simply; as Sam knew!
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