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This title, first published in 1960, is intended primarily to increase the understanding of drama among those who do not have easy access to the live theatre and who, therefore, study plays mainly in print. The author's emphasis is on Shakespeare, but most forms of drama receive some attention. A lucid and lively study of the techniques of plot, dialogue and characterization will help the reader to a deeper appreciated of the problems and successes of the dramatist.
184 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1968
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July 21, 2014
یه کتاب خوب و مناسب برای آماتورها فقط گه گاهی یکم زیاد از حد تکرار داره و یا موضوعی رو تکرار می کنه
October 29, 2023
Marjorie Boulton's The Anatomy of Drama is a carefully crafted, if cursory, introduction to drama – specifically plays, as opera, Singspiel, musicals, broadcast fiction, cinema, and a many other forms of drama are mostly excluded from discussion. To aid disucssion, Boulton inserts scripts to use as examples, from popular dramatists such as Shakespeare and Shaw, to the more obscure Rattigan and unpopular Addison.
The book is short, simple, and well-rounded, with just a sprinkle of Boulton's own biases throughout, e.g., that "the film industry is... the most vulgarized and commercialized of the forms of drama." Boulton frequently and rightly reminds the reader that drama (plays) are meant to be experienced with sights and sounds, as a particular form of art for the senses. With this emphasis persisting in the background, she dissects the elements of drama, such as dialogic techniques, action, plot, and the division of subgenre.
Most important, Boulton makes the study of drama not just a scholarly endeavor but also a casual one for entertainment as well as enlightenment. She makes it personal by both inserting snippets of her own life into the subject but also understanding what it is to be human, which is historically at the center of all good drama. Boulton's lively study, though short and condensed by design, demonstrates that drama is a class of literature that exists primarily in both verse and/or prose, with numerous species spanning centuries of Western life, and although it is always meant to be seen and heard, there are a variety of good as well as bad ways to experience it.
The book is short, simple, and well-rounded, with just a sprinkle of Boulton's own biases throughout, e.g., that "the film industry is... the most vulgarized and commercialized of the forms of drama." Boulton frequently and rightly reminds the reader that drama (plays) are meant to be experienced with sights and sounds, as a particular form of art for the senses. With this emphasis persisting in the background, she dissects the elements of drama, such as dialogic techniques, action, plot, and the division of subgenre.
Most important, Boulton makes the study of drama not just a scholarly endeavor but also a casual one for entertainment as well as enlightenment. She makes it personal by both inserting snippets of her own life into the subject but also understanding what it is to be human, which is historically at the center of all good drama. Boulton's lively study, though short and condensed by design, demonstrates that drama is a class of literature that exists primarily in both verse and/or prose, with numerous species spanning centuries of Western life, and although it is always meant to be seen and heard, there are a variety of good as well as bad ways to experience it.
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