The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1913. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 282 The theory of the the...
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- THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
- AND OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
- CLAYTON HAMILTON
- Uniform with This Volume Studies in Stagecraft
- TO BRANDER MATTHEWS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
- I
- WHAT IS A PLAY?
- II
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THEATRE AUDIENCES
- III
- THE ACTOR AND THE DRAMATIST
- IV
- STAGE CONVENTIONS IN MODERN TIMES
- V
- ECONOMY OF ATTENTION IN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
- VI
- EMPHASIS IN THE DRAMA
- VII
- THE FOUR LEADING TYPES OF DRAMA
- VIII
- THE MODERN SOCIAL DRAMA
- OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
- I
- THE PUBLIC AND THE DRAMATIST
- II
- DRAMATIC ART AND THE THEATRE BUSINESS
- III
- THE HAPPY ENDING IN THE THEATRE
- IV
- THE BOUNDARIES OF APPROBATION
- V
- IMITATION AND SUGGESTION IN THE DRAMA
- VI
- HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE
- VII
- BLANK VERSE ON THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE
- VIII
- DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THEATRIC JOURNALISM
- IX
- THE INTENTION OF PERMANENCE
- X
- THE QUALITY OF NEW ENDEAVOR
- XI
- THE EFFECT OF PLAYS UPON THE PUBLIC
- XII
- PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT PLAYS
- XIII
- THEMES IN THE THEATRE
- XIV
- THE FUNCTION OF IMAGINATION
- INDEX
- BEULAH MARIE DIX'S
- ALLISON'S LAD AND OTHER MARTIAL INTERLUDES
- THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-DAY
- BRITISH & AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-DAY
- THREE MODERN PLAYS FROM THE FRENCH
- THE ROAD TOGETHER
- POSSESSION
- EMBERS
- TRADITION
- NOWADAYS
- NOTEWORTHY RECENT DRAMA BOOKS
- Arthur Edwin Krows' PLAY PRODUCTION IN AMERICA
- Richard Burton's BERNARD SHAW: THE MAN AND THE MASK
- Constance D'Arcy Mackay's THE FOREST PRINCESS, etc.
- Louise Burleigh and Edward Hale Bierstadt's PUNISHMENT
- Percival Wilde's CONFESSIONAL and Other American Plays
- SIXTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND WITH PORTRAITS
- HALE'S DRAMATISTS OF TO-DAY
- NEW POPULAR EDITION, WITH APPENDIX Containing tables, etc., of the Opera Season 1908-11.
- CHAPTERS OF OPERA
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