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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... night . MARCELLUS 35 O , farewell , honest soldier . 40 45 Who hath relieved you ? FRANCISCO Barnardo hath my place . Give you good night . Exit FRANCISCO . MARCELLUS Holla , Barnardo ! BARNARDO Say- What , is Horatio there ? HORATIO A ...
... night . MARCELLUS 35 O , farewell , honest soldier . 40 45 Who hath relieved you ? FRANCISCO Barnardo hath my place . Give you good night . Exit FRANCISCO . MARCELLUS Holla , Barnardo ! BARNARDO Say- What , is Horatio there ? HORATIO A ...
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... night for you ? Isn't Saturday night the best night for you workingmen ? JIM : I have a couple of time - clocks to punch , Mrs. Wingfield . One at morning , another one at night ! AMANDA : My , but you are ambitious ! You work at night ...
... night for you ? Isn't Saturday night the best night for you workingmen ? JIM : I have a couple of time - clocks to punch , Mrs. Wingfield . One at morning , another one at night ! AMANDA : My , but you are ambitious ! You work at night ...
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... night's ladies ' night .... So the Fireside is the first step towards the Old Blue Front Opera House and Good Time Emporium . BARBARA PITTS : So , what about the night Mat- thew Shepard was here ? MATT MICKELSON : We had karaoke that ...
... night's ladies ' night .... So the Fireside is the first step towards the Old Blue Front Opera House and Good Time Emporium . BARBARA PITTS : So , what about the night Mat- thew Shepard was here ? MATT MICKELSON : We had karaoke that ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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