Writings on theatre and drama
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; translated with an introd. by H. M. Waidson.
Publisher: J. Cape; Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 1976
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Drama.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 18-19.
These essays are taken from F. Dürrenmatt's 2 volume work Theater-Schriften und Reden and Dramaturgisches und Kritisches.
Table of contents: title: In place of a portrait: from the beginning.; title: In place of a portrait: document.; title: Writing as an occupation.; title: Something on the art of writing plays.; title: Writing and the stage.; title: The lady's not for burning: comedy by C. Fry.; title: The taming of the shrew.; title: Shakespeare twice: on two performances in the framework of the June festival plays.; title: On Ronald Searle.; title: Note on comedy.; title: Theatre problems.; title: Thoughts before a new performance.; title: Friedrich Schiller.; title: American and European drama.; title: Chat about criticism in front of the press.; title: Concerning the freedom of the theatre (fragment).; title: Dramatic theory about the audience.; title: Dramaturgical considerations about The Anabaptists.; title: Principles of adaptation (epilogue to the book edition of King John.; title: Notes on Titus Andronicus.; title: Aspects of dramaturgical thinking (fragment).; title: On the theory of dramatic art in Switzerland (fragment).