The Appreciation of the Drama

The Appreciation of the Drama
Author: Charles Henry Caffin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1908
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Excerpt from The Appreciation of the Drama: for we see therein a microcosm of the drama of our own lives, as we make our entrances and exits, fuming and strutting for a brief appearance, loving, laboring, suflering, fooling, and rejoicing, on the impalpable stage of Eter nity, whose drop-cloths are the mystery of the Universe

MasterClass in Drama Education

MasterClass in Drama Education
Author: Michael Anderson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1441185895

A comprehensive guide to drama education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching.

UNISET 2020

UNISET 2020
Author: Anna Fitri Hindriana
Publisher: European Alliance for Innovation
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1631902911

The Universitas Kuningan International Conference on Social Science, Environment and Technology (UNISET) will be an annual event hosted by Universitas Kuningan. This year (2020), will be the first UNISET will be held on 12 December 2020 at Universitas Kuningan, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia. “Exploring Science and Technology to the Improvement of Community Welfare” has been chosen at the main theme for the conference, with a focus on the latest research and trends, as well as future outlook of the field of Call for paper fields to be included in UNISET 2020 are: Social Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Electrical Engineering, Material Sciences and Engineering, Food and Agriculture Technology, Informatics Engineering and Technologies, Medical and Health Technology. The conference invites delegates from across Indonesian and South East Asian region and beyond, and is usually attended by more than 100 participants from university academics, researchers, practitioners, and professionals across a wide range of industries.

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama
Author: Ian Brown
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0748646345

Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and formsThe 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre, with particular attention to the last 100 years.The first part of the volume covers Scottish drama from the earliest records to the late twentieth-century literary revival, as well as translation in Scottish theatre and non-theatrical drama. The second part focuses on the work of influential Scottish playwrights, from J. M. Barrie and James Bridie to Ena Lamont Stewart, Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan and right up to contemporary playwrights Anthony Neilson, Gregory Burke, Henry Adams and Douglas Maxwell.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre
Author: Richard Beadle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2008-07-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139827928

The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table.

A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama
Author: Ian C. Storey
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005-01-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781405102155

This Blackwell Guide provides a broad-ranging introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth to the third century bc. All three genres of Greek drama are discussed – tragedy, comedy, and satyr play – as well as the five surviving playwrights – Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, together with brief entries on lost playwrights. The Guide also addresses contextual issues, such as: the origins of the dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals, the theater, and the performers; the relationship between drama and the worship of Dionysos; the political dimension; and how to read and watch Greek drama. The final section consists of 46 one-page synopses of each of the surviving plays.