Author: J. B. Priestley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783192356
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In these passionate and witty essays on the theatre, J B Priestley distils his experience as a playwright, producer, director and - just once - actor. Relishing the past, analysing the present, and predicting the future, he tells his own 'story of the theatre'. Published as a companion to Oberon's two volumes of Priestley's best plays, this new collection is part defence of theatre, part incisive criticism, and, in the renowned Old Vic lecture The Art of the Dramatist, part instructive guide for would-be playwrights.
The Art of the Dramatist
Author: J. B. Priestley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783192356
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In these passionate and witty essays on the theatre, J B Priestley distils his experience as a playwright, producer, director and - just once - actor. Relishing the past, analysing the present, and predicting the future, he tells his own 'story of the theatre'. Published as a companion to Oberon's two volumes of Priestley's best plays, this new collection is part defence of theatre, part incisive criticism, and, in the renowned Old Vic lecture The Art of the Dramatist, part instructive guide for would-be playwrights.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783192356
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In these passionate and witty essays on the theatre, J B Priestley distils his experience as a playwright, producer, director and - just once - actor. Relishing the past, analysing the present, and predicting the future, he tells his own 'story of the theatre'. Published as a companion to Oberon's two volumes of Priestley's best plays, this new collection is part defence of theatre, part incisive criticism, and, in the renowned Old Vic lecture The Art of the Dramatist, part instructive guide for would-be playwrights.
Shakespeare
Author: Roland Mushat Frye
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136561536
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This edition first published in 1982. Previous edition published in 1972 by Houghton Mifflin. Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's drama, focussing on the topics which must be kept in mind: the formative influence of the particular genre chosen for telling a story, the way in which the story is narrated and dramatized, the styles used to convey action, character and mood, and the manner in which Shakespeare has constructed his living characterizations. As well as covering textual analysis, the book looks at Shakespeare's life and career, his theatres and the actors for whom he wrote and the process of printing and preserving Shakespeare's plays. Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136561536
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This edition first published in 1982. Previous edition published in 1972 by Houghton Mifflin. Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's drama, focussing on the topics which must be kept in mind: the formative influence of the particular genre chosen for telling a story, the way in which the story is narrated and dramatized, the styles used to convey action, character and mood, and the manner in which Shakespeare has constructed his living characterizations. As well as covering textual analysis, the book looks at Shakespeare's life and career, his theatres and the actors for whom he wrote and the process of printing and preserving Shakespeare's plays. Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.
Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist
Author: Lukas Erne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110735532X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Now in a new edition, Lukas Erne's groundbreaking study argues that Shakespeare, apart from being a playwright who wrote theatrical texts for the stage, was also a literary dramatist who produced reading texts for the page. Examining the evidence from early published playbooks, Erne argues that Shakespeare wrote many of his plays with a readership in mind and that these 'literary' texts would have been abridged for the stage because they were too long for performance. The variant early texts of Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Hamlet are shown to reveal important insights into the different media for which Shakespeare designed his plays. This revised and updated edition includes a new and substantial preface that reviews and intervenes in the controversy the study has triggered and lists reviews, articles and books which respond to or build on the first edition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110735532X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Now in a new edition, Lukas Erne's groundbreaking study argues that Shakespeare, apart from being a playwright who wrote theatrical texts for the stage, was also a literary dramatist who produced reading texts for the page. Examining the evidence from early published playbooks, Erne argues that Shakespeare wrote many of his plays with a readership in mind and that these 'literary' texts would have been abridged for the stage because they were too long for performance. The variant early texts of Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Hamlet are shown to reveal important insights into the different media for which Shakespeare designed his plays. This revised and updated edition includes a new and substantial preface that reviews and intervenes in the controversy the study has triggered and lists reviews, articles and books which respond to or build on the first edition.
The Art of the Dramatist
Author: John Boynton Priestley
Publisher: London : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: London : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Jean Racine - Dramatist
Author: Martin Turnell
Publisher: London : Hamilton
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : fr
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: London : Hamilton
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : fr
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Art of the Dramatist
Author: John Whiting
Publisher: London : London Magazine Editions
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: London : London Magazine Editions
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Dramatist
Author: Ken Bruen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 031231647X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Detective Jack Taylor investigates the death of his dealer's sister.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 031231647X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Detective Jack Taylor investigates the death of his dealer's sister.
The Dramatist's Toolkit
Author: Jeffrey Sweet
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In The Dramatist's Toolkit , playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In The Dramatist's Toolkit , playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright.
The Revolutionists
Author: Lauren Gunderson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822237687
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It's a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822237687
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It's a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.
White
Author: James Ijames
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822238136
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Gus is an artist. Vanessa is an actress. Gus wants to be presented in a major exhibition for artists of color, so he hires Vanessa to perform as Balkonaé Townsend, a brash and political artist that will fit the museum’s desire for “new voices.” Everything is great, until Balkonaé takes over and Gus has to deal with the mess he’s made. This plays spins out of control as it explores issues of race, gender, sexuality, and art.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822238136
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Gus is an artist. Vanessa is an actress. Gus wants to be presented in a major exhibition for artists of color, so he hires Vanessa to perform as Balkonaé Townsend, a brash and political artist that will fit the museum’s desire for “new voices.” Everything is great, until Balkonaé takes over and Gus has to deal with the mess he’s made. This plays spins out of control as it explores issues of race, gender, sexuality, and art.