J. L. Styan

THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA By J. L. STYAN This is an introduction to the drama, singling out and discussing its various elements, with detailed and generous quotation from the masterpieces. Mr Styan emphasizes that plays are meant to be judged in performance, not in the study, and that the play is...

Preface It is a principle increasingly accepted that the manner of playwriting is inseparable from the kind of theatre it is written for. The new attempt of this study is to look at some of the Important plays of modem times, not as isolated literary works, but in relation to their production...

Preface It is a principle increasingly accepted that the manner of playwriting is inseparable from the kind of theatre it is written for. The new attempt of this study is to look at some of the important plays of modern times, not as isolated literary works, but in relation to their production...

A gerince megtört. A fedőlapok szélei, sarkai kissé kopottak. Restoration comedy disappeared from the stage for nearly 200 years until it was revived early this century. Without the benefit of a performance tradition has suffered from an inappropriate literary and moralistic criticism which...