A Play and Its PartsThe author discusses the components of the theatrical experience, illustrating his text with numerous references to contemporary plays. |
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abstractions acter action actor Arthur Miller audience becomes begins Bertolt Brecht century Chalk Garden Chapter char characterization Chekhov clichés Clifford Odets comedy comic conventions costume described device drama dramatists dress effect Elizabethan English example gesture girl Glass Menagerie Godot goes Greek happens Harriet Craig Hedda Henry hero heroine iambic pentameter Ibsen idea imagination important indicate instance kind of play kind of stage Laura light look mask meaning mother movie Oedipus Rex offstage onstage open stage particular Patsy performance play's playwright plot prop proscenium stage realistic set recognize Rosmersholm satire says scene sea gull Shakespeare Shaw simply situation sound speak stage direction stage language stereotype stock character story Streetcar Named Desire suggest symbol talk tell Tennessee Williams theater theatrical thing tion tragedies tramp Treplev truth Uncle Vanya verse Waiting for Godot wants woman words write written young