The Life of the DramaEric Bentley's radical new look at the grammar of theatre...is a work of exceptional virtue... The book justifies its title by being precisely about the ways in which life manifests itself in the theatre...This is a book to be read again and again. |
Contents
PLOT The Raw Material of Plot | 3 |
CHARACTER The Raw Material of Character | 34 |
DIALOGUE Talking | 70 |
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