The Pleasure of the Play / Bert O. States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

States, Bert O., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing Arts & Drama.

Local Subjects:

Performing Arts & Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.) : 6 drawings

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This witty, informed, and concise introduction to the principles of drama helps us to experience the pleasure of plays from Oedipus Rex to Endgame. Never losing sight of the interaction between play and spectator, Bert O. States provides a spirited view of works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pinter, Brecht, Beckett, Stoppard, Churchill, and many others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Mimesis and Pleasure

2. The Actor as Musical Instrument

3. The Poetics as Ur-Text

4. Plot and Action

5. The Unity in Time

6. Peripety and Recognition

7. The Real Inspector Oedipus

8. Character

9. The Anatomy of Dramatic Character

10. Thought as Ventriloquism

11. Tragedy Today

12. The Pleasure of Pain

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3789-9

OCLC:

1143843392