The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective /
An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays-Oedipus Rex, Bérénice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral-the author shows how all playwr...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1968, ©1949]
Princeton, NJ : [2015] |
Series: | Princeton legacy library ;
1897 Princeton legacy library |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I; Part II; Part III
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
- INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
- CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION
- CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON
- CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION
- CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION
- PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
- INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
- CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM
- CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO
- CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER
- P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
- APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
- Backmatter