The Paris jigsaw

Introduction: Piecing together the Paris jigsaw – David Brady and Maria M. Delgado
Part I: Case studies
1. Peter Brook and the CICT (Le Centre International de Créations Théâtrales)
‘Towards an art of memory’: Peter Brook, a foreigner in Paris – David Williams
‘Playful understanding’: an interview with David Bennet – David Bradby and David Williams
‘The quality of understanding’: an interview with Bruce Myers – David Williams’
‘Communication and the blood of the stage’: an interview with Yoshi Oida – David Bradby and David Williams
Peter Brook and the freedom of intercultural theatre – Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
2. Jacques Lecoq and his ‘Ecole Internationale de Théâtre’ in Paris
The legacy of Lecoq – David Bradby
The pedagogy of the poetic body – Giovanni FUsetti and Suzy Willson
James Lecoq and his influence in Catalonia – Mercè Saumell
3. Ariane Mnouchkine and the Théâtre du Soleil
Cultural politics and theatrical practice in the history of the Théâtre du Soleil – David Bradby
Travels with the Soleil – Jean-François Dusigne
4. Augusto Boal and the Théâtre de L’Opprimé
Augusto Boal and the journey to the Centre of Theatre of the Oppressed (Paris) – Paul Heritage
‘The crossing of many cultures’: an interview with Augusto Boal – Paul Heritage
‘Placing two things together, you create a third’: an interview with Rui Frati’ Joel Anderson
Part II: The input of different national theatre traditions to the ‘internationalism’ of Paris theatre
5. The German presence
The German presence in Paris – Rudolf Rach and David Bradby
6. The Russian presence
The Russian presence in Paris 1988–2000 – Maria Shevtsova
7. The Spanish presence
‘City of Light’: an interview with Fernando Arrabal – Alain Schifrès
Spanish presence on the contemporary Parisian stage – Phyllis Zatlin
‘Paris as a kind of meeting point’: an email interview with Lluís Pasqual – Maria M. Delgado
8. The Latin American presence
An Argentine in Paris: an interview with Jorge Lavelli – Maria M. Delgado
9. The North American presence
Did Paris steal the show for American postmodern directors? – Frédéric Maurin
Creating the theatrical museum: theatrical visions of an alternative America; cultural politics and the Festival d’Automne, 1972–2000 – Jim Carmody
10. The African presence
The African presence in Paris – Judith G. Miller
‘Looking outside of Europe’: a conversation with Sylvie Chalaye – Judith G. Miller
Afterword: British intersections with Paris – Peter Lichtenfels
Index