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Stages of Drama: Classical to Contemporary Theater

by: Klaus, Carl H.; Gilbert, Miriam; Field, Bradford S.; Klaus, Carl H.; Gilbert, Miriam; Field, Bradford S.

Stages of Drama: Classical to Contemporary Theater

by: Klaus, Carl H.; Gilbert, Miriam; Field, Bradford S.; Klaus, Carl H.; Gilbert, Miriam; Field, Bradford S.

ISBN 13:
9780312183332
ISBN 10:
031218333X
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/1999
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

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Reading and Witnessing A Play

(13)

Trifles

(9)

Susan Glaspell

Classical Theater

(136)

Aeschylus

(3)

Agamemnon

(23)

Louis MacNeice

Photographs of the Guthrie Theater Production

(2)

Review of the Guthrie Theater Production

(2)

Roderick Nordell

Sophocles

(3)

Oedipus Rex

(23)

Dudley Fitts

Robert Fitzgerald

Photographs of the Guthrie Theater Production

(2)

Review of the Guthrie Theater Production

(2)

Melvin Maddocks

Euripides

(3)

The Bacchae

(25)

Kenneth Cavander

Photographs of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

(2)

Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

(1)

Jack Kroll

Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

100

(1)

Jerrold Ganzfried

Aristophanes

101

(3)

Lysistrata

104

(21)

Whitney Oates

Charles T. Murphy

Photographs of the Peter Hall Company Production

121

(2)

Review of the Peter Hall Company Production

123

(2)

Michael Coveney

Plautus

125

(3)

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Wedding (Casina)

128

(21)

Photographs of the J. Paul Getty Museum Production

145

(2)

Review of the J. Paul Getty Museum Production

147

(2)

Don Shirley

Medieval Theater

149

(44)

The Wakefield Master

155

(3)

The Second Shepherds' Play

158

(13)

Photographs of the Mermaid Theatre Production

168

(2)

Review of the Mermaid Theatre Production

170

(1)

Bamber Gascoigne

Everyman

171

(22)

Photographs of the University of Chicago Theater Production

185

(2)

Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

187

(1)

Interview with Nicholas Rudall, Director of the University of Chicago Theater Production

188

(2)

Bradford S. Field, Jr.

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

190

(3)

Charles Spencer

Renaissance English Theater

193

(192)

Christopher Marlowe

197

(3)

The Tragical History Of The Life and Death Of Doctor Faustus

200

(33)

Photographs of the Federal Theater Project (Orson Welles) Production

228

(2)

Memoir of the Federal Theater Project Production

230

(3)

John Houseman

William Shakespeare

233

(5)

Twelfth Night

238

(41)

Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

271

(3)

Donald Sinden on playing Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

274

(3)

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

277

(2)

J. W. Lambert

The Tragedy of Othello

279

(48)

Photographs of the National Theatre (Laurence Olivier) Production

320

(2)

Interview with Laurence Olivier

322

(1)

Kenneth Tynan

Rehearsing Othello

322

(1)

Kenneth Tynan

Review of the National Theatre Production

323

(2)

Ronald Bryden

Review of the National Theatre Production by the London Times Dramatic Critic

325

(2)

Ben Jonson

327

(3)

Volpone, Or The Foxe

330

(55)

Photographs of the Royal National Theatre Production

381

(2)

Review of the Royal National Theatre Production

383

(2)

Sarah Hemming

Neoclassical Theater

385

(122)

Moliere

389

(3)

The Misanthrope

392

(25)

Richard Wilbur

Photographs of the A.P.A.-Phoenix Theatre Production

413

(2)

Review of the A.P.A.-Phoenix Theatre Production

415

(2)

Clive Barnes

Aphra Behn

417

(3)

The Rover

420

(43)

Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

460

(2)

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

462

(1)

Benedict Nightingale

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

463

(3)

The School for Scandal

466

(41)

Photographs of the Stratford Festival Production

501

(2)

Interview with Michael Langham, Director of the Stratford Festival Production

503

(1)

Bradford S. Field, Jr.

Review of the Stratford Festival Production

504

(3)

Clive Barnes

Modern Theater

507

(428)

Georg Bochner

518

(1)

Woyzeck

518

(15)

Henry J. Schmidt

Photographs of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production

528

(2)

Review of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production

530

(3)

Mel Gussow

Henrik Ibsen

533

(3)

A Doll's House

536

(39)

Michael Meyer

Photographs of the Playhouse (Claire Bloom) Production and the Belasco Theater (Janet McTeer) Production

566

(4)

Review of the Playhouse Production

570

(2)

Walter Kerr

Review of the Belasco Theater Production

572

(1)

Ben Brantley

Interview with Janet McTeer

573

(2)

Peter Marks

August Strindberg

575

(3)

Miss Julie

578

(21)

Elizabeth Sprigge

Photographs of the Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden Production

593

(4)

Review of the Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden Production

597

(2)

Mel Gussow

Anton Chekhov

599

(3)

The Cherry Orchard

602

(25)

David Magarshack

Photographs of the Peter Brook Production

624

(1)

Review of the Peter Brook Production

625

(2)

Frank Rich

Bernard Shaw

627

(4)

Pygmalion

631

(42)

Photographs of the London Production

668

(2)

Review of the London Production

670

(3)

Ronald Bryden

Luigi Pirandello

673

(3)

Six Characters in Search of An Author

676

(31)

Frederick May

Photographs of the American Conservatory Theater Production

704

(2)

Review of the American Conservatory Theater Production

706

(1)

Jeanne Miller

Sean O'Casey

707

(3)

Juno And The Paycock

710

(29)

Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

735

(2)

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

737

(1)

Derek Mahon

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production

738

(1)

John Elsom

Federico Garcia Lorca

739

(3)

The House of Bernarda Alba

742

(23)

James Graham-Lujan

Richard L. O'Connell

Photographs of the Lyric, Hammersmith, Production

761

(3)

Review of the Lyric, Hammersmith, Production

764

(1)

Michael Billington

Bertolt Brecht

765

(3)

Galileo

768

(29)

Charles Laughton

Photographs of the New York (Charles Laughton) Production

794

(2)

Review of the New York Production

796

(1)

Irwin Shaw

Eugene O'Neill

797

(3)

A Moon for the Misbegotten

800

(41)

Photographs of the New York (Jose Quintero) Production

836

(2)

Review of the New York Production

838

(3)

Walter Kerr

Arthur Miller

841

(3)

Death of a Salesman

844

(45)

Photographs of the Circle in the Square (George C. Scott) Production

882

(2)

Review of the Circle in the Square Production

884

(1)

Walter Kerr

From Salesman in Beijing

885

(4)

Arthur Miller

Tennessee Williams

889

(3)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

892

(43)

Photographs of the American Shakespeare Theater Production

929

(2)

Elizabeth Ashley on playing Maggie in the American Shakespeare Theater Production

931

(1)

Review of the American Shakespeare Theater Production

932

(3)

Clive Barnes

Contemporary Theater

935

(526)

Eugene Ionesco

941

(3)

The Lesson

944

(17)

Photographs of the Phoenix Theatre Production

957

(2)

Review of the Phoenix Theatre Production

959

(2)

Walter Kerr

Samuel Beckett

961

(3)

Endgame

964

(31)

Photographs of the Studio des Champs-Elysees Production

990

(2)

Review of the Studio des Champs-Elysees Production

992

(3)

Jacques LeMarchand

Jean M. Sommermeyer

Lorraine Hansberry

995

(3)

A Raisin in the Sun

998

(43)

Photographs of the New York Production

1035

(1)

Sidney Poitier on playing Walter Lee Younger in the New York Production

1036

(2)

Interview with Lloyd Richards on directing the New York Production

1038

(1)

Arthur Bartow

Review of the New York Production

1039

(2)

Brooks Atkinson

Imamu Amiri Baraka

1041

(3)

Dutchman

1044

(11)

Photograph of the Cherry Lane Theater Production

1052

(1)

Review of the Cherry Lane Theater Production

1053

(1)

Harold Clurman

Review of the Cherry Lane Theater Production

1053

(2)

Howard Taubman

Luis Valdez

1055

(3)

Los Vendidos

1058

(6)

Photographs of the El Teatro Ensemble de U.C.S.D. Production

1064

(3)

Review of the El Teatro Ensemble de U.C.S.D. Production

1065

(2)

Edit Villarreal

Wole Soyinka

1067

(3)

Death And The King's Horseman

1070

(29)

Photographs of the Terrace Theatre Production

1097

(1)

Review of the Terrace Theatre Production

1098

(1)

James Lardner

Harold Pinter

1099

(3)

Landscape

1102

(11)

Photographs of the National Theatre Production

1109

(2)

Review of the National Theatre Production

1111

(1)

Nick Curtis

Review of the National Theatre Production

1111

(2)

Alastair Macaulay

Athol Fugard

1113

(4)

``Master Harold''...And The Boys

1117

(22)

Photographs of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

1136

(1)

Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

1137

(2)

Frank Rich

Caryl Churchill

1139

(3)

Top Girls

1142

(31)

Photographs of the Royal Court Theatre Production

1171

(1)

Review of the Royal Court Theatre Production

1172

(1)

Robert Cushman

Brian Friel

1173

(3)

Translations

1176

(31)

Photographs of the Donmar Warehouse Production

1203

(2)

Review of the Donmar Warehouse Production

1205

(2)

Nicholas de Jongh

Marsha Norman

1207

(3)

'Night Mother

1210

(25)

Photographs of the John Golden Theater Production

1229

(2)

Review of the John Golden Theater Production

1231

(1)

Douglas Watt

Review of the John Golden Theater Production

1232

(3)

Frank Rich

August Wilson

1235

(3)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

1238

(30)

Photographs of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

1268

(5)

Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production

1270

(3)

Frank Rich

David Henry Hwang

1273

(3)

M. Butterfly

1276

(33)

Photographs of the New York Production

1305

(2)

Review of the New York Production

1307

(2)

Frank Rich

David Mamet

1309

(3)

Oleanna

1312

(25)

Photographs of the Orpheum Theatre Production

1328

(2)

Review of the Orpheum Theatre Production

1330

(2)

John Lahr

Commentary on the Orpheum Theatre Production by a Variety of Critics

1332

(5)

Tony Kushner

1337

(3)

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

1340

(39)

Photographs of the Walter Kerr Theater Production

1374

(2)

Review of the Walter Kerr Theater Production

1376

(3)

Stefan Kanfer

Edward Albee

1379

(3)

Three Tall Women

1382

(25)

Photographs of the Vineyard Theater Production

1403

(2)

Review of the Vineyard Theater Production

1405

(2)

John Simon

Adam P. Kennedy And Adrienne Kennedy

1407

(3)

Sleep Deprivation Chamber

1410

(27)

Photographs of the Joseph Papp Public Theater Production

1432

(2)

Review of the Joseph Papp Public Theater Production

1434

(3)

Ben Brantley

Yasmina Reza

1437

(24)

``Art''

1439

(18)

Christopher Hampton

Photographs of the Wyndham's Theatre Production

1457

(2)

Review of the Wyndham's Theatre Production

1459

(1)

Sarah Hemming

Review of the Wyndham's Theatre Production

1459

(2)

Tom Lubbock

APPENDICES

1461

Appendix A: Analyzing a Play: Close Reading for Writing

1461

Appendix B: Film and Video Productions of Plays in Stages of Drama

1479

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Stages of Drama: Classical to Contemporary Theater

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9780312183332

031218333X

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