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Part of the Nick Hern Books Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.One of the most influential tracts in world theatre, Aristotle's Poetics is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.It is the source of the doctrine of the Three Unities – of Time, Place and Action – and the concept of catharsis in tragedy.Writing only a hundred years after Sophocles and Euripides, Aristotle's insights into Greek drama are endlessly rewarding.This English translation by Kenneth McLeish makes the famous text more accessible than ever before, without cutting or paraphrasing. Important passages are highlighted, while key words and concepts are glossed within the text, without the need for intrusive footnotes.The result is an authoritative text of Aristotle's Poetics that allows readers to experience his arguments directly for themselves.Also included is a compact introduction by McLeish to Aristotle and his ideas.
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The text of a talk given by renowned theatre director Peter Brook in Berlin in 1998, addressing essential questions about performing Shakespeare today. Brook invites us to consider the actual conditions of the Elizabethan theatre and the actual qualities of Shakespeare's language.Published as part of the Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.