Drama and the Dramatic

By Sam William Dawson

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000RWGT88
• ISBN13: 9780416172805
• Release Date: June 1970
• Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A good small introduction

This is a good small introduction to the subject of the Dramatic. Dawson explains the particularly compelling power of dramatic literature as follows. " A play in performance demands our uninterrupted attention, not only for our own sakes, but for the sake of other members of the audience.Sittingin silence without conspicuous movement for as long as an hour and a half is a considerble achievement, possible for most of us only when our attention is entirely engrossed. It follows that the dramatist's primary responsibility is to seize and hold our attention. This is why we commonly refer to plays as 'gripping.' Dawson 's chapters are, Drama , Theatre and Reality- Language and Situation- Action and Tension- Dramatic Irony-Character and Idea- Presentment Modern Criticism and the Dramatic - Drama and the Novel. A small book rich with ideas on Drama and the Dramatic.