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The Idea of a Theater

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

The Idea of a Theater

By Francis Fergusson

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About the book

An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays--Oedipus Rex, Berenice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral--the author shows how all playwrights seek to "hold the mirror up to nature" and h

Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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ISBN

9780691649108

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2016

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1

Original title

The Idea of a Theater

Format

Hardcover

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