A Style and Its Origins
Author | : Howard Barker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2012-06-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781849433006 |
ISBN-13 | : 1849433003 |
Rating | : 4/5 (003 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Style and Its Origins written by Howard Barker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Barker's alter-ego Eduardo Houth first materialised as the photographer of publicity images for Barker's theatre company The Wrestling School, one of many fictional identities assumed by the playwright to screen a range of his activities, including set and costume design. Writing of himself in the third person and in the historic tense, Barker/Houth achieves a fluency and an uncommon measure of objectivity, though objectivity is scarcely the sole intention. The result is a unique exercise in self-description, partisan but without the shrill self-justification so common in a mere autobiography. Barker/Houth's A Style and its Origins is very much a literary creation; it is also a totally original document and a rich history of the dramatist and his aesthetic.