Ariane Mnouchkine
French artist
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directing style
- In directing: Directorial styles
Ariane Mnouchkine, for example, directing her own company in Paris, did not hesitate to present plays by Shakespeare as Oriental spectacles, borrowing most successfully from the Kabuki theatre. Where research into the art of acting has been a major interest of directors, there have been…
Read More - In acting: Styles of performance
Ariane Mnouchkine’s use of Oriental styles in her Paris productions of Shakespeare, for example, was particularly successful in transmitting the ideas of Shakespeare to a French audience notoriously dubious of Shakespeare’s charms.
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