The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective / / by Francis Fergusson |
Autore | Fergusson Francis |
Edizione | [First Princeton paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.2 |
Collana | Princeton Legacy Library |
Soggetto topico | Drama - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-691-06143-2
0-691-64910-3 1-4008-7513-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION -- CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON -- CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION -- CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION -- PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM -- CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO -- CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER -- P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- Back matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460381203321 |
Fergusson Francis | ||
Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective / / Francis Fergusson |
Autore | Fergusson Francis |
Edizione | [First Princeton paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
Disciplina | 808.2 |
Collana | Princeton Legacy Library |
Soggetto topico | Drama - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
Acting
Anagoge Anecdote Aristotelianism Awareness Before the Revolution Brothel Caricature City Of Classicism Cyclorama (theater) Dithyramb Dolce Stil Novo Drama Dramatization Dramaturgy Drawing room Episode Escapism Farce Fine art Fortinbras Genre Gilbert Murray Gilbert and Sullivan Good and evil Hamlet's Father Hamlet Harold Clurman Heartbreak House High Spirits (musical) Hubris Illustration Imagery Improvisation In Society In This World In the Life Infatuation Irony Jacques Copeau Jean Cocteau Jeux Kilroy was here Laertes (Hamlet) Life Itself Literature Louis Jouvet Luigi Pirandello Macduff (Macbeth) Major Barbara Melodrama Metaphysical poets Mimesis Modernity Molière Murder in the Cathedral Narrative thread Narrative Of Human Action Omnipotence Oscar Wilde Parody Plautus Play (theatre) Playwright Poetic realism Poetry Polonius Primitivism Purgatorio Realism (arts) Reductio ad absurdum Restoration comedy Revenge play Rhetorical device Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Scaramouche Sensibility Shakespearean tragedy Six Characters in Search of an Author Sophistication Sophocles Sound effect Struggle (TV series) Suspension of disbelief Terence The Comic The Infernal Machine (play) The Realist The Spirit of the Age The Various The Very Idea Theatre Theatricality Tragedy Valet Ventriloquism William Shakespeare |
ISBN |
0-691-06143-2
0-691-64910-3 1-4008-7513-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION -- CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON -- CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION -- CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION -- PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM -- CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO -- CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER -- P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- Back matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797877203321 |
Fergusson Francis | ||
Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective / / Francis Fergusson |
Autore | Fergusson Francis |
Edizione | [First Princeton paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
Disciplina | 808.2 |
Collana | Princeton Legacy Library |
Soggetto topico | Drama - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
Acting
Anagoge Anecdote Aristotelianism Awareness Before the Revolution Brothel Caricature City Of Classicism Cyclorama (theater) Dithyramb Dolce Stil Novo Drama Dramatization Dramaturgy Drawing room Episode Escapism Farce Fine art Fortinbras Genre Gilbert Murray Gilbert and Sullivan Good and evil Hamlet's Father Hamlet Harold Clurman Heartbreak House High Spirits (musical) Hubris Illustration Imagery Improvisation In Society In This World In the Life Infatuation Irony Jacques Copeau Jean Cocteau Jeux Kilroy was here Laertes (Hamlet) Life Itself Literature Louis Jouvet Luigi Pirandello Macduff (Macbeth) Major Barbara Melodrama Metaphysical poets Mimesis Modernity Molière Murder in the Cathedral Narrative thread Narrative Of Human Action Omnipotence Oscar Wilde Parody Plautus Play (theatre) Playwright Poetic realism Poetry Polonius Primitivism Purgatorio Realism (arts) Reductio ad absurdum Restoration comedy Revenge play Rhetorical device Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Scaramouche Sensibility Shakespearean tragedy Six Characters in Search of an Author Sophistication Sophocles Sound effect Struggle (TV series) Suspension of disbelief Terence The Comic The Infernal Machine (play) The Realist The Spirit of the Age The Various The Very Idea Theatre Theatricality Tragedy Valet Ventriloquism William Shakespeare |
ISBN |
0-691-06143-2
0-691-64910-3 1-4008-7513-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER -- CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION -- CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON -- CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION -- CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION -- PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER -- CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM -- CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO -- CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER -- P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY -- Back matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825380403321 |
Fergusson Francis | ||
Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1949 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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