Starting from the assumption that all theater is at least
implicitly participatory, Professor Whitaker approaches thirteen
plays, from Ibsen's Rosmersholm to Beckett's Endgame and Stoppard's
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He asks the reader to commit
himself to a variety of points of view--those of witnesses, actors,
directors, and characters--as a series of "critical fictions" lead
him toward the experience of each play in performance. The author
supplies detailed readings of the plays in various modes. The
styles of the chapters vary according to the issues dominant in the
plays discussed, and the reader experiences simultaneously a sense
of approaching the meaning of performance and of gaining a deeper
understanding of the play through a subtle and allusive commentary.
Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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