max reinhardt

Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt can be described as one of the greatest directors in history. A great innovator and a master of spectacle, he staged gigantic productions, full of pageantry and color. Reinhardt became one of the first theatrical directors to achieve widespread recognition as a major creative artist, working in Berlin, Salzburg, New York City, and Hollywood. His work summed up all theater before him and opened new doorways for the theater that followed. …

…Reinhardt exerts on the actor but to the individual training the actor receives under Reinhardt" (Sayler 111). When Reinhardt died in 1943 he left behind him a legacy for theater. He invented himself as a director with a flashy yet real style which even his competitors had difficulty replicating. Today he is still studied in great detail by directors, actors and theater classes. His methods and techniques are copied even by the most professional directors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**