Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. — x+168 p. — (Cambridge Introductions to Literature). — ISBN 978-1-107-05392-2. In his book, Michael Bennett sets out to provide a scholarly but reader-friendly appraisal of the literary and dramatic manifestations of the absurd. After re-interpreting Albert Camus and re-evaluating Martin Esslin’s inescapable legacy (by downplaying the...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 144 p. — (Very Short Introductions). From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this complex art has utilized all other art forms such as dance, literature, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Every aspect of human activity and...
Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, 2019. — 184 p. The Birth of Modern Theatre: Rivalry, Riots, and Romance in the Age of Garrick is a vivid description of the eighteenth-century London theatre scene―a time when the theatre took on many of the features of our modern stage. A natural and psychologically based acting style replaced the declamatory style of an earlier age. The theatres were...
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