Charles Marowitz was the first American to direct at the Royal
Shakespeare Company and the first American to direct at the Czech
National Theatre (while collaborating with Vaclav Havel). Known as
a maverick playwright, director, and critic, he nurtured numerous
figures who have come to shape contemporary theatre and larger
society. Without Marowitz the theories and ideas of Antonin Artaud
would remain obscure. The entire trajectory and ecology of theatre
and performance since the 1960s have been considerably influenced
by this alone. The present-day popularity of immersive theatre was
a mode of performance introduced to the British theatre by Charles
Marowitz and Allan Kaprow in the famous Happening at the 1963
Edinburgh Drama Conference. In 1968 Marowitz started the Open Space
Theatre on Tottenham Court Road in collaboration with Thelma Holt.
There is a gap in our collective understanding of this important
figure and a gap in currently available literature about him. The
Marowitz Compendium seeks to spark a revaluation. The audience for
this book includes students, postgraduates, specialists and general
readers interested in drama and the history of contemporary
theatre.
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