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The elements of drama

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The elements of drama

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The elements of drama

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bibliography

Oclc number

328532

Table Of Contents

Dramatic dialogue is more than conversation: Rosmerholm, The Importance of Being Earnest -- Dramatic verse is more than dialogue in verse: Othello, A Sleep of Prisoners -- Making meanings in the theatre: The Playboy of the Western World -- Shifting impressions: The Cherry Orchard -- The behaviour of the words on the stage: Voice, pause and meaning, Pygmalion; voice and verse, The Confidential Clerk; gesture and meaning, Arms and the Man, The Apple Cart; words and movement, King Lear -- Building the sequence of impressions: King Oedipus, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Murder in the Cathedral -- Tempo and meaning: The Importance of Being Earnest, Saint Joan, The Wild Duck, The School for Scandal, The Father -- Manipulating the characters: Arms and the Man, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Six Characters in Search of an Author -- Breaking the continuity: The Plough and the Stars, Ardèle -- The meaning of the play as a whole: The Three Sisters, Antony and Cleopatra, Point of Departure -- Audience participation: Crime Passionnel, The Hairy Ape -- Passing judgment: Deirdre of the Sorrows, The Lady's Not for Burning, The Cocktail Party -- Playgoing as an art

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