The Berlin State Theater under the Nazi regime

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Hostetter (German theater, Rowan U. of Glassboro, New Jersey) investigates the role bourgeois theater played as an agent of propaganda for and against the government in Nazi Germany. Specifically she explores how Nazi officials selected theater administrators, altered productions designs, and influenced character portrayals at the Berliner Staatstheater in order to reinforce party-approved ideology. Focusing on the final products rather than the artistic process of the productions, the study draws conclusions primarily from reviews, production photographs, programs, and final stage designs because these directly influenced audience members, who generally did not have insight into the rehearsal process or the intellectual aims of the directors. The text is double spaced. Only names and titles are indexed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)