Goethe''s Faust I: The Making and Impact of a Contemporary Performance

About

Heinz-Uwe Haus is an internationally renowned director and is considered one of the worlds leading authorities on Bertolt Brecht. Educated and trained in Germany at the Film Academy Potsdam-Babelsberg as well as at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin Dr Haus began his long artistic and academic career as director at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and as founding member of the East German Directing Institute and Head of its Directing Department. In addition to his work in Germany he has directed for the National Theatres of Greece Cyprus and Turkey and worked with companies from Chile Finland Italy South Korea Canada and the United States. His productions have appeared at various festivals throughout Europe. Dr Haus has been a guest professor at more than a dozen North American universities and has given more than 500 lectures and workshops worldwide. In addition to publishing in his field he writes about intercultural and political topics in German English and Greek media.David W. Lovell is a Professor of International and Political Studies and Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He holds a PhD in the field of the History of Ideas and co-edits The European Legacy and is a member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. In 2005 he was the only non-European to be invited to the EUs A Soul for Europe initiative in Budapest and in 2006 he spoke on harmony and governance at the Beijing Forum. He has written or edited more than fifteen books on topics including military ethics Asia-Pacific security Australian politics communist and post-communist systems and the history of ideas.