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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... AMANDA : -expression ! Not in my— TOM : Ohhh ! AMANDA : -presence ! Have you gone out of your senses ? TOM : I have , that's true , driven out ! AMANDA : What is the matter with you , you— big - big - IDIOT ! TOM : LOOK ! -I've got no ...
... AMANDA : -expression ! Not in my— TOM : Ohhh ! AMANDA : -presence ! Have you gone out of your senses ? TOM : I have , that's true , driven out ! AMANDA : What is the matter with you , you— big - big - IDIOT ! TOM : LOOK ! -I've got no ...
Page 118
Milly S. Barranger. AMANDA : You . TOM : Me ? AMANDA : She has an idea that you're not happy here . TOM : What gave her that idea ? AMANDA : What gives her any idea ? However , you do act strangely . I - I'm not criticizing , understand ...
Milly S. Barranger. AMANDA : You . TOM : Me ? AMANDA : She has an idea that you're not happy here . TOM : What gave her that idea ? AMANDA : What gives her any idea ? However , you do act strangely . I - I'm not criticizing , understand ...
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... AMANDA : You really did ? TOM : I did ! AMANDA : You did , and did he - accept ? TOM : He did ! AMANDA : Well , well - well , well ! That's - lovely ! TOM : I thought that you would be pleased . AMANDA : It's definite then ? TOM : Very ...
... AMANDA : You really did ? TOM : I did ! AMANDA : You did , and did he - accept ? TOM : He did ! AMANDA : Well , well - well , well ! That's - lovely ! TOM : I thought that you would be pleased . AMANDA : It's definite then ? TOM : Very ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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