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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... understand . mrs . sarti : You understand , don't you ? Last night he tried to tell me that the earth goes round the sun . You'll soon have him saying that two times two is five . GALILEO ( eating his breakfast ) : Apparently we are on ...
... understand . mrs . sarti : You understand , don't you ? Last night he tried to tell me that the earth goes round the sun . You'll soon have him saying that two times two is five . GALILEO ( eating his breakfast ) : Apparently we are on ...
Page 605
... understand you wish to change your plea today . Is that correct ? RUSSELL HENDERSON : Yes , sir . JUDGE : You understand , Mr. Henderson , that the recommended sentence here is two life sentences ? RUSSELL HENDERSON : Yes , Sir . JUDGE ...
... understand you wish to change your plea today . Is that correct ? RUSSELL HENDERSON : Yes , sir . JUDGE : You understand , Mr. Henderson , that the recommended sentence here is two life sentences ? RUSSELL HENDERSON : Yes , Sir . JUDGE ...
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... understand , there is a fungus that only pigs can dig up . BAINES : Oh . Yes . Uh , uh — no can say in Chinese . But ... understand what I am saying ? BAINES : Many ... temptation ? TIENG - BIN : Let's be frank . Chinese or Christian ...
... understand , there is a fungus that only pigs can dig up . BAINES : Oh . Yes . Uh , uh — no can say in Chinese . But ... understand what I am saying ? BAINES : Many ... temptation ? TIENG - BIN : Let's be frank . Chinese or Christian ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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