Binding: Hardcover
Description: Anyone with an academic professional amateur or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want to look up details of particular plays sometimes - perhaps to check on the author or on when they were first performed or perhaps to see how many characters they have and whether or not they would be suitable for their theatre company or drama group to perform. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides essential information on the 1000 best - known best - loved and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes details of title author date of composition date of first performance genre setting and the composition of the cast and more. A synopsis of the plot and a brief commentary perhaps on the context of the play or the reasons for its enduring popularity follow. Around 80 of the most significant plays - from The Oresteia to Waiting for Godot - are dealt with in more detail. Genres covered include: burlesque comedy farce historical drama kabuki masque melodrama morality play mystery play No romantic comedy tragicomedy satire and tragedy. An index of characters enables the reader to locate favourite characters and trace the trajectory of major historical and legendary characters - such as Iphigenia - through world drama including in plays that do not have entries in the Dictionary. An index of playwrights with dates allows the reader to find all the plays included by a particular author.
Title: The Oxford Dictionary Of Plays
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198604174
Pages: 560 Pages, 1 Line Drawing, Numerous Halftones
Publication Date: 6/2/2005
Category: Reference Works