Chamber theatre
Chamber theater is a method of adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount of the work's original text and often minimal and suggestive settings.
In chamber theater,
narrator might be played by multiple actors. Professor Robert S. Breen (1909-1991) introduced "Chamber Theater" to his Oral Interpretation Classes at Northwestern University in 1947.[1]
Northwestern's Professor of Performance Studies
Goodman Theater and Steppenwolf Theater companies in Chicago. Galati's chamber theater adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath won two Tony Awards on Broadway.[2]
One of the most renowned, elaborate examples of chamber theater is
mimetic manner.[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-317-63250-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7950-8.
- ISBN 978-0-19-535255-9.
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