Understanding PlaysUnderstanding Plays As Texts for Performance offers seventeen plays with critical commentaries that span the range of Western writing for the theatre from the Greeks to the post-moderns. This book introduces readers to dramatic writing as "pre-texts" for theatrical performance written not only to be read, but also to be performed by actors before audiences. |
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... York , Annette Bening , and Kate Burton again brought notoriety to Ibsen's heroine . As recently as 2001 , Kate Burton appeared as Ibsen's “ per- plexing and beguiling heroine " in a Broadway production that one critic praised for a ...
... York , Annette Bening , and Kate Burton again brought notoriety to Ibsen's heroine . As recently as 2001 , Kate Burton appeared as Ibsen's “ per- plexing and beguiling heroine " in a Broadway production that one critic praised for a ...
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... York Uni- versity . After losing a writer for a show known as Split Britches ( later the name of their company ) ... York's pioneering performance venues , at the invitation of Ellie Covan . She devel- oped several solo pieces there and ...
... York Uni- versity . After losing a writer for a show known as Split Britches ( later the name of their company ) ... York's pioneering performance venues , at the invitation of Ellie Covan . She devel- oped several solo pieces there and ...
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... York City ) , 534 , 563 Visual effects ( see also spectacle ) , 194 , 195 , 197 Vogel , Paula , 530-566 biography of ... York City ) , 637 Wong , B. D. , in M. Butterfly , 676 Wood , Audrey , 104 Wooster Group , The ( New York City ) ...
... York City ) , 534 , 563 Visual effects ( see also spectacle ) , 194 , 195 , 197 Vogel , Paula , 530-566 biography of ... York City ) , 637 Wong , B. D. , in M. Butterfly , 676 Wood , Audrey , 104 Wooster Group , The ( New York City ) ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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