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 7
Page 78
... present moment and the peculiar characteristics of certain per- sonages , they forget to portray the general features of the race . " This might lead one to believe that naturalism- which is more vulgar and more true to the minutiae of ...
... present moment and the peculiar characteristics of certain per- sonages , they forget to portray the general features of the race . " This might lead one to believe that naturalism- which is more vulgar and more true to the minutiae of ...
Page 83
... present man as he actually is , “ scientifically ana- lyzed , and described without one lie " -or , to put it an- other way , with all his weaknesses exposed — continues to prevail . In the next chapter , I shall discuss some of the ...
... present man as he actually is , “ scientifically ana- lyzed , and described without one lie " -or , to put it an- other way , with all his weaknesses exposed — continues to prevail . In the next chapter , I shall discuss some of the ...
Page 143
... present their sense of the irrationality of the hu- man condition in the form of highly lucid and logically constructed reasoning , while the Theater of the Absurd strives to express its sense of the senselessness of the human condition ...
... present their sense of the irrationality of the hu- man condition in the form of highly lucid and logically constructed reasoning , while the Theater of the Absurd strives to express its sense of the senselessness of the human condition ...
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