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  • This highly acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. With interest in Grotowski increasing after his sad death in 1999, this updated volume is a timely and welcome addition. Edited by the two leading experts on Grotowski, this unique and fantastically comprehensive sourcebook features: * essays from all the key performance theorists to have worked with Grotowski, including Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Jan Kott, Eric Bentley, Harold Clurman, and Charles Marowitz * writings which trace every phase of Grotowski's career from his 'theatre of production' to 'objective drama' and 'art as vehicle' * an amazing collection of Grotowski's own writings, plus an interview with his closest collaborator and 'heir' Thomas Richards * a vast range of stunning photographic documentation of Grotowski and his followers in action * a historical-critical study of Grotowski by Richard Schechner. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in Grotowski's life and work. Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, Thomas Richards, Eric Bentley, Jan Kott, Margaret Croydon, Fernando Traviani, Ludwik Flaszen, Stefan Brecht, Charles Ludlam, Harold Clurman, Walter Kerr, Jennifer Kumiega,