Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The secret life of plays The secret life of plays Steve Waters Acclaimed dramatist and teacher Steve Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing - scenes, acts, time, space, characters, language and images - to show how plays are more th… OL15931961W
History of modern drama History of modern drama David Krasner "Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that compris… OL16604712W
Plays Plays Salem Press Introduction to Literary Context: Plays examines 31 plays from pivotal playwrights from the 17th to the 20th centuries by providing in-depth critical analysis of each work, including its historical c… OL17099751W
Castle of Perseverance Castle of Perseverance David N. Klausner The play deals allegorically with the life of man and his struggle against sin, and the structure is for the most part based on a sequence of temptation, fall and redemption. The play describes the w… OL21918085W
Geschichte des Dramas Geschichte des Dramas Erika Fischer-Lichte This major study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and r… OL2202302W
Hitchhikers Hitchhikers Bernard Poduska In this candid and unflinching memoir, Brigham Young University Professor Bernard Poduska portrays his young fight for survival on the streets, his triumphant rise among the ranks of BYU's most disti… OL23217039W
Re-dressing the canon Re-dressing the canon Alisa Solomon From Aristophanes to Split Britches, gender and performance have been inextricably linked to the stage. In a wide-ranging series of essays Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship and posits w… OL2625394W
Hear, hear, Mr. Shakespeare Hear, hear, Mr. Shakespeare Bruce Koscielniak Players on their way to London to perform for the Queen stop in Stratford-on-Avon to visit William Shakespeare. Includes related quotations from Shakespeare's plays. OL2660488W
The world of the arts The world of the arts Reed, William Explores various aspects of art, music, and drama and their relationship to everyday life. OL2925250W
Theory/theatre Theory/theatre Mark Fortier Theory/Theatre: An Introduction provides a unique and engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance. Mark Fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches,… OL3348137W
Staging masculinities Staging masculinities Michael Mangan "Staging Masculinities engages with the complex and paradoxical history of masculinities by exploring the ways in which changing concepts of what it means 'to be a man' have been represented, celebra… OL4481848W
The playwright Aleksandr Vampilov The playwright Aleksandr Vampilov Vreneli Farber "When he died in 1972, Aleksandr Vampilov (b.1937) was the most significant young playwright in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). He moved beyond Socialist Realism in both the questions… OL6027488W
Alan Bennett Alan Bennett Joseph H. O'Mealy "Alan Bennett is one of England's best-loved playwrights. He is perhaps best known there for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the fi… OL7798507W
The Seagull Hyperdrama The Seagull Hyperdrama Charles Deemer Chekhov's The Seagull re-told as hyperdrama. OL8141812W
Grey's Anatomy 101 Grey's Anatomy 101 Leah Wilson Grey's Anatomy 101 is a collection of essays on the smash-hit television show, Grey's Anatomy, and is not authorized by the ABC network, creators or producers of Grey's Anatomy, or any entity associa… OL8959509W