Thinking About the Playwright
Comments from Four Decades
Will be published approx. on 30. May 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-0-8101-0733-5 (ISBN)
Description
A book in seven parts: About leading dramatists: About the art of acting modern theories thereof: the pros and cons of political theater, John Wayne, Bertolt Brecht; when political theater goes wrong or simply fails to measure up; Tributes to three great theater people; Problems, problems; How should the great Spanish playwrights Lope, Calderon be interpreted? What is theater anyway? Thoughts at different seasons wand with different emphases. What should the twenty-year-old playwright do? Is theater a form of group therapy? Does theater have a future? What is the essence of its past and present?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-0733-5 (9780810107335)
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Person
ERIC BENTLEY was born in England in 1916 and became an American citizen in 1948. He has earned a reputation as a scholar, teacher, professional theatre critic, performer, and a playwright.