Author : John Lennard
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198700708
'Could be read with profit and pleasure by any theatregoer.' -Steven Poole, The Guardian'A good basic introduction for first year students to problems of reading plays as performance texts, i.e. reading theatrically.' -Professor R. A. Cave, Royal HollowayA compact, wide-ranging, and accessible guide to reading plays, The Drama Handbook stresses the importance of understanding performance conventions and production processes through history, and offers clearly defined and presented critical vocabularies.