Drama

This book introduces the elements of drama and the principles behind the reading and study of playsclassical and modern.

Autorentext

J. L. Styan is the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor Emeritus of English Literature and Theatre at Northwestern University. He was educated at Cambridge, where he received his M.A., and has published more than a dozen books on drama, including The Elements of Drama, Shakespeare's Stagecraft, Chekhov in Performance, and Modern Drama in Theory and Practice (3 vols.). In 1995, he was awarded the Robert Lewis Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Research.

Inhalt

Foreword Actor and Audience: The Nature of Drama Look with Thine Ears: The Elements of Speech Thy Eyes Shall Be Thy Judge: Seeing and Perceiving Place and Space: The Shape of the Stage Characters in Search of an Actor: The Player and His Part Ordering the Action: Story, Structure and Theme Kinds of Drama: Genre, Mood and Mode The Forms of Things Unknown: Realism and Beyond Glossary For Further Reading Index.