Understanding Plays

by Milly S. Barranger

Understanding Plays As Texts for Performance offers seventeen plays with critical commentaries that span the range of Western writing for the theatre from the Greeks to the post-moderns. This book introduces readers to dramatic writing as ?pre-texts? for theatrical performance?written not only to be read, but also to be performed by actors before audiences.

Genres: Reference

768 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Milly S. Barranger was an author, educator, and producer and lived in New York City where she wrote books about women and the modern American theater.

Reviews

[Martina Aiman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't read it all. I just used parts for some research. They were good.