The Attic Theatre
Author | : Arthur Elam Haigh |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Greek drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Arthur Elam Haigh |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Greek drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Judith Winzenz |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Theater |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Arthur Elam Haigh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Athens (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sandra M. Gilbert |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 2020-03-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0300246722 |
Called "a feminist classic" by Judith Shulevitz in the New York Times Book Review, this pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that speaks to how The Madwoman in the Attic set the groundwork for subsequent generations of scholars writing about women writers, and why the book still feels fresh some four decades later. "Gilbert and Gubar have written a pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."--Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World
Author | : M. L. Rio |
Publisher | : Flatiron Books |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250095301 |
“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest "Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare...Readable, smart.” —New York Times Book Review On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it. A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extras. But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the stage...A fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth."
Author | : Lillian Hellman |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780822211631 |
Length: 3 acts.
Author | : Andreas Serafim |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2017-01-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317573765 |
In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community were the subject of democratic debate, the communication between the speaker and his audience in the public forum, whether the law-court or the Assembly, cannot be separated from the notion of performance. Attic Oratory and Performance seeks to make modern Performance Studies productive for, and so make a significant contribution to, the understanding of Greek oratory. Although quite a lot of ink has been spilt over the performance dimension of oratory, the focus of nearly all of the scholarship in this area has been relatively narrow, understanding performance as only encompassing 'delivery' – the use of gestures and vocal ploys – and the convergences and divergences between oratory and theatre. Serafim seeks to move beyond this relatively narrow focus to offer a holistic perspective on performance and oratory. Using examples from selected forensic speeches, in particular four interconnected speeches by Aeschines (2, 3) and Demosthenes (18, 19), he argues that oratorical performance encompassed subtle communication between the speaker and the audience beyond mere delivery, and that the surviving texts offer numerous glimpses of the performative dimension of these speeches, and their links to contemporary theatre.
Author | : Lord William Pitt Lennox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Benjamin Reiss |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0226709655 |
In the mid-1800s, a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums—many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. Housed in magnificent structures with lush grounds, patients participated in theatrical programs, debating societies, literary journals, schools, and religious services. Theaters of Madness explores both the culture these rich offerings fomented and the asylum’s place in the fabric of nineteenth-century life, reanimating a time when the treatment of the insane was a central topic in debates over democracy, freedom, and modernity. Benjamin Reiss explores the creative lives of patients and the cultural demands of their doctors. Their frequently clashing views turned practically all of American culture—from blackface minstrel shows to the works of William Shakespeare—into a battlefield in the war on insanity. Reiss also shows how asylums touched the lives and shaped the writing of key figures, such as Emerson and Poe, who viewed the system alternately as the fulfillment of a democratic ideal and as a kind of medical enslavement. Without neglecting this troubling contradiction, Theaters of Madness prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness.
Author | : Charles Dickens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 2014-09-15 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781780014968 |
A spine-chilling play by Hugh Janes, based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens. In an ancient, crumbling mansion, sheltering from the howling winds that tear across the surrounding desolate moorland, two men stumble across a dark and terrifying secret that will change both of their lives. When a young book dealer, David Filde, is employed by a former associate of his uncle to catalogue a private library, he finds an incredible array of rare and antiquated books. But as a series of strange and unexplained events conspires to keep Filde from his work, he realises that if he is to convince his sceptical employer that the mysterious phenomena he is experiencing are real, they must journey together to the very edge of terror, and beyond... The play offers rich material for amateur theatre companies or student groups who want to introduce their audiences to another side of Dickens'' work - and have them jump out of their seats at the same time. ''"The Haunting" revels in the old-fashioned power of simple theatrical tricks, and basks in the shrieks and gasps of an audience that is clearly part of the event''- "Scotsman" ''Great pace and terrific suspense... guaranteed to raise goosebumps''- "Maidenhead Advertiser" ''Gripping... and fascinating too''- "British Theatre Guide"