The very thought of Herbert Blau

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"Herbert Blau spent his entire professional life as both a theater director and theoretician of theater. The Very Thought of Herbert Blau is the first of its kind to focus on Blau's work, its rich past, and its enduring implications. The book's various contributors ranging from scholars who, in many cases, worked or studied directly with Blau, to performing artists who, at various stages of Blau's long career, worked alongside him"--;Introduction : the very life, the very thought / Clark Lunberry -- Herb / Lee Breuer -- Carrying on : the procession of Blau's thought / Sue-Ellen Case -- Re: Blau : theorizing, resignifying, mirroring / Elin Diamond -- "Who the hell is Herbert Blau" : the "dark energy" of an American cruel theater / S.E. Gontarski -- Learning to think / Linda Gregerson -- Dividing the audience / Julia Jarcho and Martin Harries -- "There's one man dancing" : remembering Herbert Blau / Bill Irwin -- You are living in your breathing. You are dying in your breathing : Bardo, dream-yoga, and theater in the work of Herbert Blau / Anthony Kubiak -- Rehearsing the promised end / Daniel Listoe -- The play of thought : an interview with Herbert Blau / Bonnie Marranca and Gautam Dasgupta -- The essential Herbert Blau (rereading his play of thought) / Bonnie Marranca -- Renewing the ado : Blau and Beckett / Peggy Phelan -- Blau's Shakespeare : the makeup of memory / Joseph Roach -- Herbert Blau professor artist wordist / Richard Schechner -- Re: Herb Blau / Morton Subotnick -- "Living in front of your eyes ... living and creating" / Julie Taymor -- What thy memory cannot contain / Gregory Whitehead. Introduction : the very life, the very thought / Clark Lunberry -- Herb / Lee Breuer -- Carrying on : the procession of Blau's thought / Sue-Ellen Case -- Re: Blau : theorizing, resignifying, mirroring / Elin Diamond -- "Who the hell is Herbert Blau" : the "dark energy" of an American cruel theater / S.E. Gontarski -- Learning to think / Linda Gregerson -- Dividing the audience / Julia Jarcho and Martin Harries -- "There's one man dancing" : remembering Herbert Blau / Bill Irwin -- You are living in your breathing. You are dying in your breathing : Bardo, dream-yoga, and theater in the work of Herbert Blau / Anthony Kubiak -- Rehearsing the promised end / Daniel Listoe -- The play of thought : an interview with Herbert Blau / Bonnie Marranca and Gautam Dasgupta -- The essential Herbert Blau (rereading his play of thought) / Bonnie Marranca -- Renewing the ado : Blau and Beckett / Peggy Phelan -- Blau's Shakespeare : the makeup of memory / Joseph Roach -- Herbert Blau professor artist wordist / Richard Schechner -- Re: Herb Blau / Morton Subotnick -- "Living in front of your eyes ... living and creating" / Julie Taymor -- What thy memory cannot contain / Gregory Whitehead.