Popular Appeal in English Drama to 1850Macmillan, 1982 - 221 Seiten This book discusses the importance of music-hall to the development of English drama, and many music-hall acts are analysed, a number with reference to the responses of the audience before whom they were recorded. The different but related dramatic techniques of epic drama and the music-hall tradition are considered with reference to the work of T.S. Eliot, Thornton Wilder, Beckett, Osborne, Arden, Pinter, Albee, Griffiths and Nichols. Finally, the phenomenon of abusing the audience is discussed, particular reference being made to Handke's "Offending the Audience" and the Royal Shakespeare Company's "US". |
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... comic and serious scenes , and to say that , in contradistinction to the participants of the comic scenes , ' the disputants of the main action seldom [ my italics ] acknowledge the presence of the spectators ' undervalues the ...
... comic and serious scenes , and to say that , in contradistinction to the participants of the comic scenes , ' the disputants of the main action seldom [ my italics ] acknowledge the presence of the spectators ' undervalues the ...
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... comic modes in a remarkable manner . However , partly historic accident , partly his own genius , ensured that it was Shakespeare who most brilliantly and effectively came to terms with the problems and opportunities posed by breaches ...
... comic modes in a remarkable manner . However , partly historic accident , partly his own genius , ensured that it was Shakespeare who most brilliantly and effectively came to terms with the problems and opportunities posed by breaches ...
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... comic routines and clowns goes far beyond verbal links and contrasts of tone comic relief , for example . What he does most subtly is use the low comic's ability to present things on more than one plane simultaneously , and the ...
... comic routines and clowns goes far beyond verbal links and contrasts of tone comic relief , for example . What he does most subtly is use the low comic's ability to present things on more than one plane simultaneously , and the ...
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The Medieval Tradition | 12 |
Shakespeare and the Comics | 34 |
Jonson and his Contemporaries | 79 |
Urheberrecht | |
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