Description |
126 pages ; 22 cm |
Series |
Palgrave study guides |
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Palgrave study guides.
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Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Getting started -- 3. What can I achieve in a first reading? -- 4. Practical workshops for drama study -- 5. Studying a scene -- 6. Looking at the language of plays -- 7. Tackling different kinds of plays -- 8. Making a critical response -- 9. Exams and essays |
Summary |
Studying Modern Drama provides students with a careful, step-by-step approach to tackling the entire field of modern plays from Ibsen to Sarah Kane and Patrick Marber. With discussions of the characteristics of modern drama, conventions and language and structure, the book also introduces a workshop method of exploring texts. The book is ideal as both a self-help or as a course book for theatre and drama students and provides practical help on criticism, essay writing and examinations |
Notes |
Previous ed.: published as Studying drama by David Bradby, Philip Thomas and Kenneth Pickering. London: Croom Helm, 1983 |
Bibliography |
Includes index |
Subject |
Theater -- Study and teaching.
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Drama -- Study and teaching.
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Drama -- 20th century -- Study and teaching.
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Author |
Bradby, David.
Studying drama
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LC no. |
00002514 |
ISBN |
1403904413 |
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