Drama History Criticism category: 905 books

A penetrating account of Greek tragedy, it demonstrates how the elements of plot, character and spectacle combine to produce 'pity and fear' - and why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. It introduces the crucial concepts of mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis,...

Christopher Murray’s definitive study of Seán O’Casey, the last great writer of the Irish literary revival, provides a strong interpretative context for his life. Murray looks afresh at the Dublin of the 1880s and 1890s in order to provide an authoritative background to O’Casey’s childhood....

In this unique and engaging collection, twelve essays celebrate the legacy of one of America's most important playwrights and investigate Williams's enduring effect on America's cultural, theatrical, and literary heritage. ** ** Like Faulkner before him, Tennessee Williams gave universal appeal...

In his collection of essays and reviews, Robert Brustein makes the argument that the American Theatre is enjoying a renaissance that has not been unacknowledged.

“Lahr creates a book worthy of its title: It is a living celebration of theater itself.”—Caryn James, New York Times Book Review Joy Ride throws open the stage door and introduces readers to such makers of contemporary drama as Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter,...

The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the life and work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights.

The Live Art Almanac Volume 4 is a collection of ‘found’ writings about and around Live Art that were originally published, shared, sent, spread and read between January 2012 and December 2014. Selected through recommendations and an open call for submissions, Volume 4 reflects the dynamic,...

The greatest plays of Terence Rattigan (1911-77) - including The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy - are now established classics. There have been regular revivals of his work, including recent productions in the West End, at Chichester Festival Theatre and by...

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett,...

CAN THEATRE CHANGE THE WORLD? In his first full-length book, critically acclaimed writer and maker Chris Goode explores the relationships that make up the theatrical encounter: between ‘empty’ space and inhabited place; between actors and audiences; between theatre itself and the world...

劇本要好看、故事要動人，不能光靠靈感和想像！ 你更需要寫，一下筆就能寫，一寫就能賣的關鍵寫作技巧！ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 《為什麼你的故事被打Ｘ》熱銷萬本新裝上市 現在開始，搶救你的爛故事、丟掉你的爛劇本！   寫劇本不只是在說故事，也在賣故事！ 那麼，好故事怎麼寫？ ◎一開始就要奪眼球 　‧故事要開始的正是時候，別拖泥帶水 　‧一定要有事情發生，讓故事往前推進 　‧即使事實不有趣，也要記得加以虛構 ◎製造戲劇張力 ‧來個爆發轉折點，讓戲劇化情節持續推展 ‧最有意思的經歷，都是那些你想忘記的事 ‧不一定要攸關生死才會有驚喜 ◎主角必須很有事 ‧苦頭越多，越能引起觀眾共鳴 ‧麻煩越多，情節越好看 ‧障礙越多，對觀眾來說越精彩 ◎衝突是對話的靈魂所在 ‧對白必須要揭露角色特質 ‧一定要製造衝突與爭吵 ‧不必要的絕不多說 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 劇本是否有趣吸引人，全在於故事是否夠起伏跌宕！ 你沒日沒夜、絞盡腦汁，好不容易完成一個故事，信心滿滿丟出你的劇本，結果卻總是「這個故事不有趣」、「無聊沒有梗」、「引不起共鳴」……而你也不知道這本「曠世巨作」出了什麼問題？ 本書作者以身為劇本諮詢顧問超過20年的經驗，告訴你43個連好萊塢編劇都買單的說故事關鍵技巧，從劇情架構、情節鋪陳、角色塑造、對白設定……一步步讓你丟掉爛劇本，最終成為電影公司搶拍，觀眾搶看的搶手貨。 【前言】這本書對於你的意義 【自序】你需要的不只是好劇本 本書將如何幫助你 PART...

First published in 1978, this book represents a study of the ways in which Shakespeare exploits the possibilities of metaphor. In a series of studies ranging from the early to the mature Shakespeare, the author concentrates on metaphor as a controlling structure — the extent to which a certain metaphoric...

Exploring how readers received and responded to literary works in the long eighteenth century, M-C. Newbould focuses on the role played by Laurence Sterne’s fiction and its adaptations. Literary adaptation flourished throughout the eighteenth century, encouraging an interactive relationship between...

This volume comprises a reprinting and gloss of the original text of the 1933 Communist play Eight Men Speak. The play was banned by the Toronto police after its first performance, banned by the Winnipeg police shortly thereafter and subsequently banned by the Canadian Post Office. The play can be...