Themes in Drama
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 4, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521419581
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Drama; Performing Arts/Dance; History and criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Melodrama
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.