Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Fritz Bennewitz
7. 1. Persona and Theory 17
8. 2. Peers: Interviews with Erika Stephan, Dieter Görne, and Wolfgang Engel 44
9. Part II. The German Stagings of Faust: Chronicle of a Society
10. 3. The German Stagings of Faust: Chronicle of a Society 71
11. 4. Hooray for Socialism? Weimar 1975 103
12. 5. Socialism? Weimar 1981/82 129
13. 6. ‘Alles für die Katz’: Meiningen 1995 160
14. Part III. The Intercultural Stagings of Faust
15. 7. The First Black Gretchen: New York 1978 183
16. 8. The Hindu Faust: Bombay 1994 205
17. 9. The Christian Faust: Manila 1994 232
18. 10. From Loyalist to Intercultural Pioneer 264
19. Appendix 1: Fritz Bennewitz: Biographical Highlights 271
20. Appendix 2: Fritz Bennewitz’s Travels 274
21. Appendix 3: Plays Directed by Fritz Bennewitz 277
22. Appendix 4: Holdings of the Fritz Bennewitz Archive 285
23. Bibliography 289
24. Index 313