Drama: A Guide to the Study of Plays

by J.L. Styan

This book introduces the elements of drama and the principles behind the reading and study of plays--classical and modern. It makes a special point of seeing drama as intended for acting and performance, and it therefore emphasizes the role of the spectator at a play and the sort of theatre for which drama was written. The performance approach to the study of plays finally clarifies the different kinds of drama (comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820444898
• ISBN13: 9780820444895
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.