Studying plays
Material type: TextPublication details: London Bloomsbury 2018Edition: 4thDescription: viii, 238p. illISBN: 9781350007321 Subject(s): DramaDDC classification: 808.2 Summary: Now in its 4th edition, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the critical study of drama. Using familiar examples of classic and contemporary works such as Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good, the book explores the essential elements of play texts, from character, dialogue and plot to theatrical space. With more in depth guidance on how to study plays in and as performance, both live and in recordings available online, the 4th edition of Studying Plays now includes: · new examples throughout the book drawn from a range of 21st-century plays by established and emergent writers for diverse theatres and companies · new explorations of how plays structure and engage audience response · a complete new section on the analysis of theatre of witness and testimony; monodrama; and post dramatic texts.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Stack | 808.2 WAL/S (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 48451 |
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808.1 RAD/P Poetry and community: lectures and essays 1991- 2001 | 808.1 STO/C Cognitive poetics: an introduction | 808.2 THO/S Script analysis for actors, directors, and designers / | 808.2 WAL/S Studying plays | 808.222 FOS/W Writing and producing radio dramas | 808.225 COO/W Write to tv : out of your head and onto the screen | 808.23 RAB/D Developing story ideas |
Now in its 4th edition, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the critical study of drama. Using familiar examples of classic and contemporary works such as Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good, the book explores the essential elements of play texts, from character, dialogue and plot to theatrical space. With more in depth guidance on how to study plays in and as performance, both live and in recordings available online, the 4th edition of Studying Plays now includes: · new examples throughout the book drawn from a range of 21st-century plays by established and emergent writers for diverse theatres and companies · new explorations of how plays structure and engage audience response · a complete new section on the analysis of theatre of witness and testimony; monodrama; and post dramatic texts.
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