Themes in Drama
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 19, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521443760
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Drama; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; Theater - General; Drama--History and criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Mental illness in literature; History and criticism
First sentence: Brecht spoke of the conventional theatre in general, and opera especially, as being 'culinary': plays and operas were dished up for the appetites of the audience, digested easily, then passed through the system.