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The Dark Comedy
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1968
617 kr
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Much of twentieth-century drama defies the traditional pigeon-holes of tragedy and comedy: the heroes are not straightforwardly heroic; the subject-matter seems at some times grimly realistic and at others nearer to pure fantasy. Professor Styan explains and illuminates the nature of this dark, …
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 3, Expressionism and Epic Theatre
Av J. L. Styan
Inbunden, 1981
1391 kr
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Büchner is the forerunner of expression, followed by Wedekind and Strindberg. The style is then traced from Kaiser and Toller to O'Neill, Wilder and the later O'Casey. Important producers are Reinhardt and Meyerhold. Epic theatre is studied from Piscator and Brecht to Dürrenmatt and Weiss, Arden …
The Shakespeare Revolution
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1983
586 kr
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How do our ways of perceiving and producing Shakespeare differ from those of the nineteenth century, and how interrelated has the work of scholars and directors become over this century? Professor Styan's purpose in this book is to discuss the 'revolution' in Shakespeare studies implied by these …
Restoration Comedy in Performance
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1986
955 kr
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Restoration comedy disappeared from the stage for nearly 200 years until it was revived early this century. Without the benefit of a performance tradition has suffered from an inappropriate literary and moralistic criticism which continues to this day. Yet this brilliant court and coterie comedy of …
Chekhov in Performance
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1978
687 kr
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For a full understanding of any text, careful consideration must be given to its life in performance. In this rewarding study of four of Chekhov's major plays - Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters - J. L. Styan demonstrates the development of Chekhov's skills as a …
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 1, Realism and Naturalism
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1983
418 kr
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This 1981 volume begins with the naturalistic revolt in France against traditional styles of theatre. As realism becomes a European movement the account moves from Paris to the Meiningen company and Ibsen's work as producer and play-wright in Oslo, Chekhov's in Moscow, Shaw's in London, Synge's in …
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd
Häftad, 1983
418 kr
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This book was first published in 1981. The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume, disseminated by the work of Appia and Craig, and affecting the later plays of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, and Lugné-Poe's Théatre de Le'Oeuvre. Jarry is seen as the precursor of …
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 3, Expressionism and Epic Theatre
Av J. L. Styan
Häftad, 1983
418 kr
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Büchner is the forerunner of expression, followed by Wedekind and Strindberg. The style is then traced from Kaiser and Toller to O'Neill, Wilder and the later O'Casey. Important producers are Reinhardt and Meyerhold. Epic theatre is studied from Piscator and Brecht to Dürrenmatt and Weiss, Arden …
