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Preface to drama; an introduction to dramatic literature and theater art.

Author: Charles W Cooper
Publisher: New York, Ronald Press Co. [1955]
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Cooper, Charles W. (Charles William), 1904-1999.
Preface to drama.
New York, Ronald Press Co. [1955]
(OCoLC)651548018
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles W Cooper
OCLC Number: 225911
Description: 773 p. 21 cm.
Contents: Orientation to drama --
Dramatic, theatric, and semantic elements in life --
Drama in three dimensions --
The ambiguity of drama --
Literature, theater art and drama --
A 'stageplay' and a 'drama' defined --
The playscript: creation by the playwright --
The playwright and the script --
Story elements in a drama --
Characters and dramatic characterization --
Action, plot, and dramatic construction --
Dialogue and dramatic composition --
The stageplay: production for presentation --
Theater art as interpretative creative activity --
Actors as interpretive artists --
The are director as scene designer --
Costumes, properties, lights and sound --
The general director and the unified stageplay --
The play: re-creation by spectator or reader --
Creation, re-creation and recreation --
The play in the spectator's mind --
The playgoer's naïve and critical responses --
The play as experienced by the reader --
Suggestions for creative playreading --
The drama: history, types, styles and criticism --
Generalization and discussion of drama --
An historical sketch of the drama and theater --
The major dramatic types: tragedy and comedy --
Classic, romantic, realistic and recent styles --
Dramatic criticism- a concluding word --
Antigone --
Othello --
The Ridiculous Precieuses --
Hedda Gabler --
Candida --
Life with Father --
The Glass Menagerie --
The Crucible.

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