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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Page 243
... thing left in the smoking - room the last time he dined here . LANE : Yes , sir . ( LANE goes out . ) JACK : Do you mean to say you have had my cig- arette case all this time ? I wish to goodness you had let me know . I have been ...
... thing left in the smoking - room the last time he dined here . LANE : Yes , sir . ( LANE goes out . ) JACK : Do you mean to say you have had my cig- arette case all this time ? I wish to goodness you had let me know . I have been ...
Page 384
... thing like that secret . HEDDA : But what do you suppose people will say ? MRS . ELVSTED : They can say what they like . ( Sits sadly , wearily on the sofa . ) I had to do it . HEDDA ( after a short silence ) : What do you intend to do ...
... thing like that secret . HEDDA : But what do you suppose people will say ? MRS . ELVSTED : They can say what they like . ( Sits sadly , wearily on the sofa . ) I had to do it . HEDDA ( after a short silence ) : What do you intend to do ...
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... thing— HEDDA : Ssh ! TESMAN enters from the rear room , carrying a tray . TESMAN : Here we are ! Here come the refresh- ments . He puts the tray down on the table . HEDDA : Why didn't you ask the servant to bring it in ? TESMAN ( fills ...
... thing— HEDDA : Ssh ! TESMAN enters from the rear room , carrying a tray . TESMAN : Here we are ! Here come the refresh- ments . He puts the tray down on the table . HEDDA : Why didn't you ask the servant to bring it in ? TESMAN ( fills ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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