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Talking Drama (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Talking Drama (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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The essays in Talking Drama ask what the relation is between drama
and its critics. In so far as we conceive of drama and theatre as
arising from and providing some sense of social ritual and comment,
drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the foibles and
problems of human existence as well as the general hubris and
errors of society. Plays both constitute criticism--of society, of
ideas, of other plays--and deploy such self-critical gambits as
plays within plays, characters who watch other characters,
characters feigning roles and personalities, and even the overt
inclusion of characters who are critics. Plays, thus, comment both
on themselves and on the art of theatre generally. At the same
time, drama implies other kinds of critics in the guise of the
audience, reviewers, and those who might participate in its ideas.
Just as plays produce the seeds of their own critique, so they also
spur critique of their aesthetics, the artistry of their
performance, and the ideas and conflicts they illustrate. Critics
who review play performances are as much an intrinsic part of
theatrical events as the audience and the plays themselves.
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