7 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American theatre director and patron who co-founded the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York's Lower East Side with her sister Irene — creating one of the most influential alternative theatres in American history, which later became the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
Swedish filmmaker who directed The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers, and Fanny and Alexander — the director most associated with cinema as a medium for philosophical and theological inquiry — and whose films explore God's silence, death, and the agonies of intimate relationships.
Rousseau's 1758 essay responding to d'Alembert's suggestion that Geneva should establish a theatre — arguing that theatre corrupts republican virtue because it teaches spectators to enjoy other people's passions vicariously rather than engaging in civic life, and specifically that comedy corrupts by making vice entertaining.
Irish playwright and novelist who stripped language and theater down to their minimum — creating a new mode of dramatic expression focused on waiting, endurance, and the inability to be.
Benedict Cumberbatch is a British actor known for his portrayal of complex characters in film, television, and theatre, representing a contemporary force in the acting world.
Ian McKellen is a renowned English actor who has been a major figure in British theatre and film, known for his commanding stage presence and iconic roles in Shakespearean productions and popular franchises like X-Men and The Lord of the Rings.
Laurence Olivier was a British actor who dominated the stage and screen in the mid-20th century, embodying the cultural force of classical theatre and film during a period of great social change.