The Pleasure of the Play / / Bert O. States.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: States, Bert O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 6 drawings
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Mimesis and Pleasure --; 2. The Actor as Musical Instrument --; 3. The Poetics as Ur-Text --; 4. Plot and Action --; 5. The Unity in Time --; 6. Peripety and Recognition --; 7. The Real Inspector Oedipus --; 8. Character --; 9. The Anatomy of Dramatic Character --; 10. Thought as Ventriloquism --; 11. Tragedy Today --; 12. The Pleasure of Pain --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501737893; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501737893
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bert O. States.

This witty, informed, and concise introduction to the principles of drama helps us to experience the pleasure of plays from Oedipus Rex to Endgame. Never losing sight of the interaction between play and spectator, Bert O. States provides a spirited view of works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pinter, Brecht, Beckett, Stoppard, Churchill, and many others.