The Theory of Drama

by Allardyce Nicoll

"My principal aim in preparing this work on the theory of drama is to provide a general guide or introduction to the subject. I have tried to eliminate unnecessary detail and confine myself to the major problems, discussing these in the light both of earlier theories and of modern practice.

On a subject so vast obviously many volumes might have been penned, but I believed that a single book of this kind might be more useful to the student desirous of embarking on a definite course of study."

269 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1923

About the author

John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll was a Scottish literary scholar and teacher. He was educated at Stirling High School and the University of Glasgow, where he was the G.A. Clark scholar in English.

He became a lecturer at King's College London in 1920 and took the chair of English at East London College (later Queen Mary's College) in 1923. In 1933 he went to Yale University as professor of the history of drama and dramatic criticism and chair of the drama department. He established a strong graduate programme in theatre history. Around 1943–45 he performed war work at the British embassy in Washington. From 1945 to 1961 he headed the English Department at the University of Birmingham; from 1951 to 1961 he was also founding director of the Shakespeare Institute at Birmingham. He served as president of the Society for Theatre Research from 1958 to 1976.

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بعنوان: علم المسرحية
تأليف: الارديس نيكول
ISBN 977-5344-04-2
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1992
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