The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective

Paperback

Price:
$44.00/拢35.00
ISBN:
Published:
Dec 8, 2015
1949
Pages:
260
Size:
5 x 8 in.

An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays鈥Oedipus Rex, B茅r茅nice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral鈥攖he author shows how all playwrights seek to 鈥渉old the mirror up to nature鈥 and how in this respect the art of drama is always the same, varying only with the philosophical and aesthetic concepts of each age. The Idea of a Theater will delight both readers with a special interest in drama and those who read drama as a source of insight into man’s nature and man鈥檚 changing ideas of himself.

Originally published in 1949.

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