The Magic World behind the Curtain: Andrei Serban in the American Theatre

The common denominators of all these productions were the "use of fairy tale and ancient myths, and a bright and colorful visual style that often mixes puppetry, masks, dance, and circus elements in a pageant-like fashion" (89); this approach emphasizes a presentational acting style, combi...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 1996, Vol.48 (3), p.390-391
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