Theatre, theory, theatre : the major critical texts from Aristotle and Zeami to Soyinka and Havel /
Saved in:
Imprint: | New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, c2000. |
---|---|
Description: | 492 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Theater -- Philosophy. Theater -- Philosophy. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4131766 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction: The Politics of Theatre Theory
- The Poetics (4th c. B.C.): translation by Ingram Bywater, selections
- The Art of Poetry (1st c. B.C.): translation by John Conington, complete
- Natyasastra (1st c. A.D.?): translation by Adya Rangacharya, selections
- On the Art of the No Drama (15th c.): translation by J. Thomas Rimer and Yamazaki Masakazu, selections
- The Poetics of Aristotle (1570): translation by Allan H. Gilbert, selections
- The Defense of Poesy (1583), selections
- The Compendium of Tragicomic Poetry (1599): translation by Allan H. Gilbert, selections
- The New Art of Writing Plays (1609): translation by Marvin Carlson, complete
- The Whole Art of the Stage (1657): anonymous translation (1684), selections
- Of the Three Unities of Action, Time, and Place (1660): translation by Donald Schier, complete
- An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668), selections
- Casual Expressions of Idle Feelings (1671): translation by Faye C. Fei and William H. Sun, selections
- Conversations on The Natural Son (1757): translation by Derek Coltman, selections
- The Paradox of Acting (1773-8): translation by Walter Herries Pollock, selections
- An Epistle to Mr. d'Alembert (1758): anonymous translation (1767), selections
- Preface to Shakespeare (1765), selections
- Hamburg Dramaturgy (1767-9): translation by Helen Zimmern, selections
- The Stage as a Moral Institution (1784): anonymous translation, complete
- On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy (1803): translation by Charles E. Passage, complete
- Of The Dramatic Art (1810): anonymous translation (1871), selections
- Lectures on Dramatic Art (1809-11): translation by John Black, selections
- Shakespeare Once Again (1815): translation by Ellen von Nardroff and Ernest H. von Nardroff, complete
- The World as Will and Idea (1819/1844): translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp, selections
- Preface to Cromwell (1827): translation by Barry V. Daniels, selections
- The Philosophy of Fine Art (1835): translation by F. P. B. Osmaston, selections
- Slavic Drama (1843): translation by Daniel Gerould, selections
- The Birth of Tragedy (1872): translation by Clifton P. Fadiman, selections
- Preface to Therese Raquin (1873): translation by Kathleen Boutall, complete
- Naturalism in the Theatre (1881): translation by Jane House, selections
- Preface to Miss Julie (1888): translation by Harry G. Carlson, complete
- The Tragical in Daily Life (1896): translation by Alfred Sutro, complete
- The Actor and the Ubermarionette (1907), selections
- The Tragic Theatre (1910), complete
- The Fairground Booth (1912): translation by Edward Braun, selections
- The Variety Theatre (1913): translation by R. W. Flint, complete
- Tolstoy: Tragedian or Comedian? (1921), selections
- The Theater and Its Double (1938): translation by Mary Caroline Richards, selections
- The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre (1930)
- Alienation Effects in Chinese Acting (1935): translations by John Willett, both complete
- Theater of the Oppressed (1974): translation by Charles A. and Maria-Odilia Leal McBride, selections
- Drama and the African World-view (1976), selections
- Writing for the Stage (1986): translation by Paul Wilson, selections
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments