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Staging premodern drama : a guide to production problems

Author: Lee Mitchell
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Mitchell, Lee.
Staging premodern drama.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983
(OCoLC)562764724
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lee Mitchell
ISBN: 0313236852 9780313236853
OCLC Number: 9392438
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiv, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1. General points regarding production: 1. Characteristics of early drama --
2. Problems in transforming the text of a classic into performable material --
3. Typical problems of casting premodern plays --
Pt. 2. The Greeks: 4. Special problems of producing Greek tragedy --
5. Antigone: a problem of balance --
6. The Electra of Sophocles: a problem of proportion --
7. The Trojan Women: a problem of emotional tone--
Pt. 3. History: tragical and romantic: 8. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: a problem of impact --
9. The Spanish theatre and Lope de Vega --
10. Fuente Ovejuna: a problem of language --
Pt. 4. Later comedy: 11. The satires of Jonson and Moliere --
12. Volpone: a problem of contrasts --
13. The Alchemist: a problem of tempo --
14. Moliere's art and some typical problems of sequential progression --
15. Les Fourberies de Scapin: problems of sequential progression --
16. Tartuffe: a problem of clarity --
17. She Stoops to Conquer: a problem of coherence --
18. The Rivals: a problem of style.
Other Titles: Staging pre-modern drama.
Responsibility: Lee Mitchell.

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