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The Drama Handbook A Guide to Reading Plays (Paperback)
Taschenbuch von John Lennard
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • I. Performance, notation, text

  • 1: Performance: process and the ephemeral

  • 2: Notation: documentation, layout, and the preserved

  • 3: Text I: editing and reception

  • 4: Text II: the process of reading

  • II. Reading Structures

  • 5: What is genre?

  • 6: Classical genres: tragedy, comedy, satyr-playes, epic

  • 7: Religious genres: the liturgy, Mysteries, Moralities

  • 8: Renaissance genres: Commedia dell'arte, tragicomedy, masque, opera

  • 9: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century genres: burlesque, sentimental and gothic drama, pantomime, melodrama, music-hall, farce, well-made plays

  • 10: Social genres: political theatre, agit-prop, documentary and epic drama

  • 11: The impact of technology: light, sound, radio- and television-plays, film-genres

  • III. Defining architectures

  • 12: The study

  • 13: Rehearsal and administrative space

  • 14: The stage and auditorium

  • 15: The scriptorium, printshop, publishing house, bookshop, and library

  • IV. Personnel in process

  • 16: Playwrights

  • 17: Directors

  • 18: Actors

  • 19: Dramaturgs and literary managers

  • 20: Designers

  • 21: Production staff, stage-crew, and front-of-house

  • 22: Censors

  • 23: Audiences

  • 24: Critics

  • 25: Editors

  • 26: Teachers and readers

  • V. Theatre today

  • 27: The playtext since the 1950s

  • 28: Challenges to the playtext

  • 29: Alternatives to the playtext

  • VI. Exam conditions

  • 30: Practical criticism

  • 31: Period and special papers

  • 32: Sample answers

  • Glossary

  • Index of persons

  • Index of plays

  • Bibliography and further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198700708
ISBN-10: 0198700709
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lennard, John
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: John Lennard
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2002
Gewicht: 0,538 kg
Artikel-ID: 104793389
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • I. Performance, notation, text

  • 1: Performance: process and the ephemeral

  • 2: Notation: documentation, layout, and the preserved

  • 3: Text I: editing and reception

  • 4: Text II: the process of reading

  • II. Reading Structures

  • 5: What is genre?

  • 6: Classical genres: tragedy, comedy, satyr-playes, epic

  • 7: Religious genres: the liturgy, Mysteries, Moralities

  • 8: Renaissance genres: Commedia dell'arte, tragicomedy, masque, opera

  • 9: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century genres: burlesque, sentimental and gothic drama, pantomime, melodrama, music-hall, farce, well-made plays

  • 10: Social genres: political theatre, agit-prop, documentary and epic drama

  • 11: The impact of technology: light, sound, radio- and television-plays, film-genres

  • III. Defining architectures

  • 12: The study

  • 13: Rehearsal and administrative space

  • 14: The stage and auditorium

  • 15: The scriptorium, printshop, publishing house, bookshop, and library

  • IV. Personnel in process

  • 16: Playwrights

  • 17: Directors

  • 18: Actors

  • 19: Dramaturgs and literary managers

  • 20: Designers

  • 21: Production staff, stage-crew, and front-of-house

  • 22: Censors

  • 23: Audiences

  • 24: Critics

  • 25: Editors

  • 26: Teachers and readers

  • V. Theatre today

  • 27: The playtext since the 1950s

  • 28: Challenges to the playtext

  • 29: Alternatives to the playtext

  • VI. Exam conditions

  • 30: Practical criticism

  • 31: Period and special papers

  • 32: Sample answers

  • Glossary

  • Index of persons

  • Index of plays

  • Bibliography and further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198700708
ISBN-10: 0198700709
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lennard, John
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: John Lennard
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2002
Gewicht: 0,538 kg
Artikel-ID: 104793389
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