The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, the Art of Drama in Changing Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691649108)

An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays--Oedipus Rex, B駻駭ice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral--the author shows how all playwrights seek to "hold the mirror up to nature" and how in this respect the art of drama is always the same, varying only with the philosophical and aesthetic concepts of each age. The Idea of a Theater will delight both readers with a special interest in drama and those who read drama as a source of insight into man's nature and man's changing ideas of himself.

Originally published in 1949.

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Author: Francis Fergusson
ISBN-10: 0691649103
ISBN-13: 9780691649108
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2016
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d