The playwright as thinker : a study of drama in modern times /
Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020
The playwright as thinker : a study of drama in modern times / The playwright as thinker : a study of drama in modern theatre by Eric Bentley. - xx, 314 pages ; 18 cm - Meridian books ; M6 .
The two traditions of modern drama -- Tragedy in modern dress -- Tragedy in fancy dress -- Wagner and Ibsen: a contrast -- Bernard Shaw -- Varieties of comic experience -- August Strindberg -- From Strindberg to Jean-Paul Sartre -- From Strindberg to Bertolt Brecht.
"A sharp witty study of the contemporary theater and its playwrights by one if its severest critics."--P. [4] of cover.
55005157
1800-1999
Drama--History and criticism--19th century
Drama--History and criticism--20th century
European drama--History and criticism
PN1851 / .B468 1957
The playwright as thinker : a study of drama in modern times / The playwright as thinker : a study of drama in modern theatre by Eric Bentley. - xx, 314 pages ; 18 cm - Meridian books ; M6 .
The two traditions of modern drama -- Tragedy in modern dress -- Tragedy in fancy dress -- Wagner and Ibsen: a contrast -- Bernard Shaw -- Varieties of comic experience -- August Strindberg -- From Strindberg to Jean-Paul Sartre -- From Strindberg to Bertolt Brecht.
"A sharp witty study of the contemporary theater and its playwrights by one if its severest critics."--P. [4] of cover.
55005157
1800-1999
Drama--History and criticism--19th century
Drama--History and criticism--20th century
European drama--History and criticism
PN1851 / .B468 1957
