This play-analysis textbook contains 50 short essays on
geographically diverse, historically significant dramas -- among
them Major Barbara, Our Town, Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire,
Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Electra, Death of a Salesman, The
Balcony, The Cherry Orchard, Mother Courage, The Merry Wives of
Windsor, and Old Times. The essays are supported by a Step-by-Step
Approach to Play Analysis, a Glossary of Dramatic Terms, Study
Guides, Topics for Writing and Discussion, Bibliographical
Resources, and a comprehensive Index. Written for university and
advanced high school students, these critical essays provide
practical models to aid and promote writing and analytical skills.
The author is a close reader committed to a detailed yet objective
examination of the structure, style, imagery, and language of a
play. He is concerned with dramatic analysis that can be of benefit
to directors, designers, and even actors. Analysis of character,
action, dialogue, and setting can thus be translated into concepts
for theatrical production. The three key benefits of ANALYZING
DRAMA are: 1. Most so-called play analysis texts are books about
the methods and techniques of play analysis but contain few (if
any) actual play analyses. The book describes the methods and
techniques of play analysis while at the same time providing
numerous examples of such analysis. 2. The Topics for Writing and
Discussion and Study Guides provide a wide range of set tasks for
students. 3. Readings are not biased by any particular social or
political doctrine. Aimed at students, teachers, educated readers,
and drama aficionados with an interest in world drama in particular
and drama studies in general, as well as at theatregoers with an
interest in the practice of play analysis and criticism.
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