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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... cause I done died . Well I just picked myself up and walked right on out of that explosion . Hell , once you know you dead , why keep on dyin ' , ya know ? So , like I say , I walk right outta that explo- sion , fully expectin ' to see ...
... cause I done died . Well I just picked myself up and walked right on out of that explosion . Hell , once you know you dead , why keep on dyin ' , ya know ? So , like I say , I walk right outta that explo- sion , fully expectin ' to see ...
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... cause she thinks it's the Devil . Everybody snap ! The New York Post . Snap ! Snap for every time you walk past ... cause , child , this ain't no party going on . Hell no ! It's a wake . And the casket's made out of stone , steel , and ...
... cause she thinks it's the Devil . Everybody snap ! The New York Post . Snap ! Snap for every time you walk past ... cause , child , this ain't no party going on . Hell no ! It's a wake . And the casket's made out of stone , steel , and ...
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... Cause of you . TROY : Aw , hell I know it's ' cause of me ... but why do you think that is ? CORY : ( Hesitant . ) Cause you like me . TROY : Like you ? I go out of here every morning ... bust my butt ... putting up with them . crackers ...
... Cause of you . TROY : Aw , hell I know it's ' cause of me ... but why do you think that is ? CORY : ( Hesitant . ) Cause you like me . TROY : Like you ? I go out of here every morning ... bust my butt ... putting up with them . crackers ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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