Author: Jean GiraudouxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphitryon (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels
Author: Jean GiraudouxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphitryon (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L
Author: O. ClassePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781884964367
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
The Living Art of Greek Tragedy
Author: Marianne McDonaldPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215970
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of the classics and of theatre learn about the living performance tradition of Greek tragedy. The Living Art of Greek Tragedy is indispensable for anyone interested in performing Greek drama, and McDonald's engaging descriptions offer the necessary background to all those who desire to know more about the ancient world. With a chapter on each of the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), McDonald provides a balance of textual analysis, practical knowledge of the theatre, and an experienced look at the difficulties and accomplishments of theatrical performances. She shows how ancient Greek tragedy, long a part of the standard repertoire of theatre companies throughout the world, remains fresh and alive for contemporary audiences.
Fry: Plays One
Author: Christopher FryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849437300
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Includes the plays The Lady's Not for Burning, A Yard of Sun and Siege In this volume of Christopher Fry's original stage work, his most famous play The Lady's Not for Burning - 'Spring' in his set of 'Seasonal Plays' - is joined by the 'Summer' play A Yard of Sun, written in the mid-1930's. Celebrated for the sensuousness and joyous wit of its language, The Lady's Not for Burning is a key play in the revival of verse drama in the 1940's, and the scale of its success made Fry one of the most famous playwrights of his day. A Yard of Sun, Fry's last full-length stage play, is set in Siena just after the end of World War Two. Without ignoring the struggles and privations of war, the play is funny, touching and ultimately optimistic. Based on the medieval story of Aucassin and Nicolette and conceived as a form of 'pageant', Siege with its mixing of verse and prose, sprawling structure, employment of different speech patterns and deliberately contemporary touches, gives a unique insight into Fry's development as a stage-craftsman.
Fry: Plays Two
Author: Christopher FryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849437467
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Includes the plays Venus Observed, The Dark is Light Enough and Curtmantle This volume of Christopher Fry's original stage work concludes his 'Season Plays' with Venus Observed ('Autumn') and The Dark is Light Enough ('Winter'). In the first of these, commissioned by Laurence Olivier, a confident but ageing duke asks his grown-up son to choose a new wife for him. Written with a superbly light touch, this is a surprisingly reflective play about love, power and forgiveness. The Dark is Light Enough, set during Hungary's revolt against Austria in the 1850s, concerns an imperious, inscrutable aristocrat who seems prepared to sacrifice family and household for the sake of her daughter's scapegrace ex-husband. Also included is Fry's biographical play about King henry II, Curtmantle. Working with the 'epic' theatrical style of the time and utilising a new, leaner verse language, Fry captures Henry's energy, quick wit and quick temper, his relationship with Thomas Becket - Chancellor and friend, Archbishop and enemy - and his ultimately tragic struggles with his four ambitious sons.
Fry: Plays Three
Author: Christopher FryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849437629
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Includes the playsThe Firstborn, A Phoenix Too Frequent, A Sleep of Prisoners, Thor, With Angels, The Boy With a Cart, Caedmon Construed and A Ringing of Bells The third volume of Christopher Fry's original stage work brings together his only fully-fledged tragedy - The Firstborn, a vivid, urgent retelling of the Biblical story of Moses and the plagues of Egypt - and his six one-act plays, each revealing Fry's unique blend of humour and humanity. They include A Phoenix Too Frequent, a lively romance set in a Roman tomb, which first gave theatregoers notice of Fry's bravura talents as a verse dramatist; the meditative, resonant A Sleep of Prisoners, which links the Biblically-inspired dreams of four British POWs during World War Two; the Dark Age fable Thor, with Angels, with its characteristic themes of love and sacrifice; and two portraits of Anglo-Saxon churchmen, The Boy with a Cart and Caedmon Construed (also known as One Thing More), written fifty years apart. The collection concludes with Fry’s brief ‘conversational fantasy’ A Ringing of Bells, set on the eve of the millennium and written for his old school, Bedford Modern.
The Reader's Adviser
Author: Contemporary Authors New Revision
Author: Daniel JonesPublisher: Contemporary Authors New Revis
ISBN: 9780787620370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This volume of Contemporary Authors(R) New Revision Series brings you up-to-date information on approximately 250 writers. Editors have scoured dozens of leading journals, magazines, newspapers and online sources in search of the latest news and criticism. Writers appearing in this volume include: Milan Kundera Sedar Leopold Senghor Shel Silverstein
Women's Studies
Author: Esther F. LaniganPublisher: Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Annotated bibliography, women, - research on social and cultural anthropology and education of women, literature and fine arts, sport, sexual and political participation, philosophy and psychology, feminist interest groups, women's movement, woman workers, sex discrimination, etc., And guide to information sources.
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