LEADER 06943nam 2201825 450 001 9910797877203321 005 20230208232201.0 010 $a0-691-06143-2 010 $a0-691-64910-3 010 $a1-4008-7513-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400875139 035 $a(CKB)3710000000497361 035 $a(EBL)4339548 035 $a(OCoLC)966836459 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49489 035 $a(DE-B1597)468154 035 $a(OCoLC)1054882073 035 $a(OCoLC)954124519 035 $a(OCoLC)999360604 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400875139 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4339548 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11153630 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL847874 035 $a(OCoLC)940436874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4339548 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000497361 100 $a20160219h19491949 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe idea of a theater $ea study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective /$fFrancis Fergusson 205 $aFirst Princeton paperback edition. 210 1$aPrinceton, N.J. :$cPrinceton University Press,$d1949. 210 4$d©1949 215 $a1 online resource (x, 242 pages) 225 1 $aPrinceton Legacy Library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-62231-0 311 0 $a0-691-01288-1 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER --$tINTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER --$tCHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION --$tCHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON --$tCHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION --$tCHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION --$tPART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER --$tINTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER --$tCHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM --$tCHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO --$tCHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER --$tP A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY --$tAPPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY --$tBack matter 330 $aAn original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays-Oedipus Rex, Bérénice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral-the author shows how all playwrights seek to "hold the mirror up to nature" and how in this respect the art of drama is always the same, varying only with the philosophical and aesthetic concepts of each age. The Idea of a Theater will delight both readers with a special interest in drama and those who read drama as a source of insight into man's nature and man's changing ideas of himself. Originally published in 1949.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. 410 0$aPrinceton legacy library. 606 $aDrama$xHistory and criticism 610 $aActing. 610 $aAnagoge. 610 $aAnecdote. 610 $aAristotelianism. 610 $aAwareness. 610 $aBefore the Revolution. 610 $aBrothel. 610 $aCaricature. 610 $aCity Of. 610 $aClassicism. 610 $aCyclorama (theater). 610 $aDithyramb. 610 $aDolce Stil Novo. 610 $aDrama. 610 $aDramatization. 610 $aDramaturgy. 610 $aDrawing room. 610 $aEpisode. 610 $aEscapism. 610 $aFarce. 610 $aFine art. 610 $aFortinbras. 610 $aGenre. 610 $aGilbert Murray. 610 $aGilbert and Sullivan. 610 $aGood and evil. 610 $aHamlet's Father. 610 $aHamlet. 610 $aHarold Clurman. 610 $aHeartbreak House. 610 $aHigh Spirits (musical). 610 $aHubris. 610 $aIllustration. 610 $aImagery. 610 $aImprovisation. 610 $aIn Society. 610 $aIn This World. 610 $aIn the Life. 610 $aInfatuation. 610 $aIrony. 610 $aJacques Copeau. 610 $aJean Cocteau. 610 $aJeux. 610 $aKilroy was here. 610 $aLaertes (Hamlet). 610 $aLife Itself. 610 $aLiterature. 610 $aLouis Jouvet. 610 $aLuigi Pirandello. 610 $aMacduff (Macbeth). 610 $aMajor Barbara. 610 $aMelodrama. 610 $aMetaphysical poets. 610 $aMimesis. 610 $aModernity. 610 $aMolière. 610 $aMurder in the Cathedral. 610 $aNarrative thread. 610 $aNarrative. 610 $aOf Human Action. 610 $aOmnipotence. 610 $aOscar Wilde. 610 $aParody. 610 $aPlautus. 610 $aPlay (theatre). 610 $aPlaywright. 610 $aPoetic realism. 610 $aPoetry. 610 $aPolonius. 610 $aPrimitivism. 610 $aPurgatorio. 610 $aRealism (arts). 610 $aReductio ad absurdum. 610 $aRestoration comedy. 610 $aRevenge play. 610 $aRhetorical device. 610 $aRosencrantz and Guildenstern (play). 610 $aRosencrantz and Guildenstern. 610 $aScaramouche. 610 $aSensibility. 610 $aShakespearean tragedy. 610 $aSix Characters in Search of an Author. 610 $aSophistication. 610 $aSophocles. 610 $aSound effect. 610 $aStruggle (TV series). 610 $aSuspension of disbelief. 610 $aTerence. 610 $aThe Comic. 610 $aThe Infernal Machine (play). 610 $aThe Realist. 610 $aThe Spirit of the Age. 610 $aThe Various. 610 $aThe Very Idea. 610 $aTheatre. 610 $aTheatricality. 610 $aTragedy. 610 $aValet. 610 $aVentriloquism. 610 $aWilliam Shakespeare. 615 0$aDrama$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a808.2 700 $aFergusson$b Francis$0198220 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797877203321 996 $aThe idea of a theater$93720247 997 $aUNINA