Background
Osborne, John was born on December 31, 1938 in Lincoln, England.
(During the late nineteenth century a remarkable combinati...)
During the late nineteenth century a remarkable combination of circumstances and individual talents permitted the court theater of a small German state to become the theaterical sensation of its age. The Meiningen Court Theater developed into an international touring company under the leadership of Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen. The company became famous throughout Europe and was a source of inspiration to future directors of the modern theater such as Antoine, Brahm, and Stanislavsky. This book is based on a wide range of published and unpublished contemporary document, photographs, and sketches, many of which are reproduced here. Osborne provides a broad cultural-historical context for the emergence of the Meiningen company and describes in detail the style and staging of productions, as well as the personality and directorial method of the Duke himself. Two famous items in the company's repertoire, Julius Caesar and Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, are selected for pariticular attention.
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Osborne, John was born on December 31, 1938 in Lincoln, England.
Bachelor, University Wales, Swansea, 1962; Doctor of Letters, University Wales, Swansea, 1995; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1966.
Lecturer German, University Southampton, England, 1965-1968. Lecturer, reader University Sussex, England, 1968-1979. Professor University Warwick, Coventry, England, since 1979.
Dean Faculty of Arts University Warwick, Coventry, 1998-2001.
(During the late nineteenth century a remarkable combinati...)
Member English Goethe Society (council since 1970, Goethe essay prize 1968), Translators Association, Fontane Gesellschaft.
Son of Leonard and Gladys Ellen (Ward) O. Married Janet Elizabeth Hart, September 7, 1962. Children: Helen, Josephine, Mary, Luke.