![Item #21511 What is Theatre? - A Query in Chronicle Form [Association Copy]. Eric Bentley](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21511.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769455240)
New York: Horizon Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Historical Significance:Eric Bentley was a titan of dramatic criticism and the primary force behind introducing Bertolt Brecht to the English-speaking world. In the mid-20th century, his 'chronicles' of the New York stage were considered essential reading, blending academic rigor with the.....
London: Dennis Dobson, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Eric Bentley one of the twentieth century’s foremost drama critics, profoundly influenced modern theater study. A student of Reinhold Niebuhr and a translator of Brecht, Bentley helped shape English-language understanding of European modernism while grounding his essays in.....
New York: Program Publishing Co. / HB Playwrights Foundation, 1957- 1967. SCHOLARLY FEATURES: DESIGN, SCHOLARSHIP, & INFLUENCE —+++ The Validation of Authority:The center of the 1961 program features an explicit essay titled A Message from Eric Bentley paired with his precise, rhythmic translation of Brecht's poem 'To Those Born Later'.....
![Item #21743 The Dramatic Event [Association Copy] [Ben Raeburn’s Copy] [1954]. Eric Bentley,...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21743.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774105961)
New York: Horizon Press, 1954. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCEEric Bentley was the conscience of the American theater during the McCarthy era. As the theater critic for The New Republic, his voice was instrumental in championing European modernism and challenging the commercial complacency of Broadway. This book, published by his close collaborator Ben.....