The Splintered Stage: The Decline of the American TheaterA critical appraisal of postwar drama from O'Neill to Albee, indicating that our contemporary playwrights have an extremely narrow view of life. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 20
Page 59
... , as it turns out , the latter is still hanging about beneath the platform - Hamlet , in his characteristically decisive fashion , makes up his mind not to dispatch Claudius in the manner expected of him . Example / 59.
... , as it turns out , the latter is still hanging about beneath the platform - Hamlet , in his characteristically decisive fashion , makes up his mind not to dispatch Claudius in the manner expected of him . Example / 59.
Page 62
... manner in which each is administered and re- ceived stands in sharp contrast . Since Hamlet is the factor common to them both , conceivably one might be able to deduce something about his intentions during his accept- ance of the first ...
... manner in which each is administered and re- ceived stands in sharp contrast . Since Hamlet is the factor common to them both , conceivably one might be able to deduce something about his intentions during his accept- ance of the first ...
Page 81
... manner . The growth of realism on the stage continued to parallel the growth of naturalism in the novel and short story . Naturalism took realism one step further and , on the stage , often manifested itself through an irritating ...
... manner . The growth of realism on the stage continued to parallel the growth of naturalism in the novel and short story . Naturalism took realism one step further and , on the stage , often manifested itself through an irritating ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. C. Bradley Absurd action actor Albee American theater arise artists audience become behavior Belle Reve Biff Blanche Broadway Brutus cascades of cacas Chapter characters CHARLEY Claudius cockatoos contemporary courage created critic death despite drama dramatist Edward Albee effect Elizabethan emotions evil example fact father feeling forces Freud Freudian Ghost Glass Menagerie Greek HAML Hamlet hero's Hot Tin Roof human idea Ionesco kill king Lear LINDA Little Sheba lives man's Martha Martin Esslin Marx matter meaning ment mind moral mother murder naturalistic nature never Nick night Oedipus off-Broadway Orpheus Descending play playwright Polonius problems produce psychological reason represented responsibility Salesman scene seems sense Shakespeare Shakespearean tragedy sick significant socio-psychological frame soliloquy spectator spectator's stage story Streetcar Named Desire suffering Swear talent Tennessee Williams theatrical theme thing tion tragedy tragic hero waste weak wife Willy Willy's words