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 547
... GREEK CHORUS : ( As Grandmother . ) Your grandfather only cares that I do two things : have the table set and the bed turned down . FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : ( As Mother . ) And in all that time , Mother , you never have experienced— ? LI'L ...
... GREEK CHORUS : ( As Grandmother . ) Your grandfather only cares that I do two things : have the table set and the bed turned down . FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : ( As Mother . ) And in all that time , Mother , you never have experienced— ? LI'L ...
Page 553
... GREEK CHORUS : ( As Greg . ) Oh . Okay . I'll try luck later . ( He disappears . ) my TEENAGE GREEK CHORUS : Oohhh . ( Li'l Bit relaxes . Then she tenses , aware of Peck's gaze . ) FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : Take pity on him . Some- one ...
... GREEK CHORUS : ( As Greg . ) Oh . Okay . I'll try luck later . ( He disappears . ) my TEENAGE GREEK CHORUS : Oohhh . ( Li'l Bit relaxes . Then she tenses , aware of Peck's gaze . ) FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : Take pity on him . Some- one ...
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... Chorus members come forward . ) MALE GREEK CHORUS : 1969. Days and Gifts : A Countdown : FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : A note . " September 3 , 1969. Li'l Bit : You've only been away two days and it feels like months . Hope your dorm room is ...
... Chorus members come forward . ) MALE GREEK CHORUS : 1969. Days and Gifts : A Countdown : FEMALE GREEK CHORUS : A note . " September 3 , 1969. Li'l Bit : You've only been away two days and it feels like months . Hope your dorm room is ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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