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 295
... head of kinks to make his shit shrivel like it should ! That's right ! When you wearin ' me , you lettin ' him know he ain't gonna get no sweet - talkin ' comb through your love with- out some serious resistance . No - no ! The kink of ...
... head of kinks to make his shit shrivel like it should ! That's right ! When you wearin ' me , you lettin ' him know he ain't gonna get no sweet - talkin ' comb through your love with- out some serious resistance . No - no ! The kink of ...
Page 555
... head back . ( The slide shows a Playboy model in this pose . ) Oohh , great . That one was great . Turn your head away , same position . ( Whir . ) Beautiful . ( Li'l Bit looks at him a bit defiantly . ) LI'L BIT : I think Aunt Mary is ...
... head back . ( The slide shows a Playboy model in this pose . ) Oohh , great . That one was great . Turn your head away , same position . ( Whir . ) Beautiful . ( Li'l Bit looks at him a bit defiantly . ) LI'L BIT : I think Aunt Mary is ...
Page 590
... head - the only place that he did not have any blood on him , on his face , was what appeared to be where he had been crying down his face . His head was distorted - you know , it did not look normal - he looked as if he had a real harsh ...
... head - the only place that he did not have any blood on him , on his face , was what appeared to be where he had been crying down his face . His head was distorted - you know , it did not look normal - he looked as if he had a real harsh ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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