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Book SynopsisAn original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays--Oedipus Rex, Berenice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral--the author shows how all playwrights seek to "hold the mirror up to nature" and h
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. x*INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION, pg. 13*CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON, pg. 42*CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION, pg. 68*CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION, pg. 98*INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER, pg. 143*CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM, pg. 146*CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO, pg. 178*CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER, pg. 194*APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY, pg. 229*Backmatter, pg. 245
