The Drama Handbook: A Guide to Reading Plays - Brossura

Lennard, John

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ISBN 10: 0198700709 ISBN 13: 9780198700708

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2003

Riassunto

This book provides an accessible guide to drama, its craft, and its technique using extensive examples from the major dramatists' most frequently studied plays. It aims to make students familiar with technical vocabulary and critical concepts that will deepen their reading of drama. With a special section on exam technique and a glossary of terms, this is an ideal introduction to the concepts and issues students will find useful when reading drama.

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Recensione

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 Holloway)

L'autore

John Lennard teaches at the Universities of Cambridge and Notre Dame, and for the British American Drama Academy in London. He is the author of 'But I Digress' (1991), the best-selling 'The Poetry Handbook' (1996), and an on-line guide, 'Reading Contemporary Poetry' (2001). Mary Luckhurst is Lecturer in Modern Drama at the University of York. She is an award-winning playwright, and has worked as a director. She has edited 'The Creative Writing Handbook', 'On Directing' (2001), and 'On Acting' (forthcoming 2002) for Faber and Faber.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198700709
• ISBN 13: 9780198700708
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 432