Screen LibraryDrama and symbolism /
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1982. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Themes in drama ;
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| Carrier Form: | x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0521221811 9780521221818 |
| Index Number: | PN1601 |
| CLC: |
J805.50 J809.50 |
| Call Number: | #P002420 |
| Contents: |
The stage: reality, symbol, metaphor / Symbolic functions in dramatic performance / Symbolic action in modern drama: Maurice Maeterlinck / Kabuki: signs, symbols and the hieroglyphic actor / Hedda Gabler and the sources of symbolism / Monuments and ruins as symbols in The Duchess of Malfi / The fate of the symbolic in A Streetcar Named Desire / Memory and betrayal: the symbolic landscape of Old Times / The void in Macbeth: a symbolic design / In praise of particularity / Russian pagliacci: symbols of profaned love in The Puppet Show / Theme and symbol in contemporary Australian drama: Ray Lawler to Louis Nowra / Nietzsche on Tragedy by M.S. Silk and J.P. Stern / 'Coriolanus' in Europe by David Daniell / Chekhov and the resistant symbol / Chekhov and the irresistible symbol: a response to Peter Holland / Chekhov and the evolving symbol: cues and cautions for the plays in performance / |