Understanding PlaysUnderstanding Plays As Texts for Performance offers seventeen plays with critical commentaries that span the range of Western writing for the theatre from the Greeks to the post-moderns. This book introduces readers to dramatic writing as "pre-texts" for theatrical performance written not only to be read, but also to be performed by actors before audiences. |
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... MIRIAM opens the phone - booth doors . MIRIAM : I just made a phone call to Cuba , and you can . SONIA : They got you through ? MIRIAM : Yes . The overseas operator said , " Some- times they answer , but only if they feel like it ...
... MIRIAM opens the phone - booth doors . MIRIAM : I just made a phone call to Cuba , and you can . SONIA : They got you through ? MIRIAM : Yes . The overseas operator said , " Some- times they answer , but only if they feel like it ...
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... MIRIAM : The Americans won't understand what they are saying . LIZETTE : Americans know what " puta " means . My husband is embarrassed . Other people get divorces and don't act like this . Tell him he must stop . No name - calling in ...
... MIRIAM : The Americans won't understand what they are saying . LIZETTE : Americans know what " puta " means . My husband is embarrassed . Other people get divorces and don't act like this . Tell him he must stop . No name - calling in ...
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... MIRIAM : Because of our lies , Sonia . OSVALDO : What lies ? MIRIAM : Why did you desert him ? You , his brother , you were the only one he spoke to , the only one he needed . OSVALDO : He made me sick . MIRIAM : You were always ...
... MIRIAM : Because of our lies , Sonia . OSVALDO : What lies ? MIRIAM : Why did you desert him ? You , his brother , you were the only one he spoke to , the only one he needed . OSVALDO : He made me sick . MIRIAM : You were always ...
Contents
From Text to Performance | 3 |
PART TWO ELEMENTS OF DRAMA | 13 |
William Shakespeare | 22 |
Copyright | |
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