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Drama: Classical to Contemporary
First Edition
by John C. Coldewey and W. R. Streitberger
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Provides one of the most comprehensive collections of drama available anywhere.
Offers a substantial selection of critical approaches to the experience of reading
drama.
- Includes a broad array of background texts, materials, sources and
critical voices.
- Concludes each section with excerpts of criticism that reflect the
concerns of the period as well as of modern audiences.
Situates drama within contexts of literary theater and social history.
- Prefaces each play with a brief biography of the playwright and a short
introduction to the play which reviews its appeal and power.
- Includes illustrations of theater architecture, costuming, and other
conventions to help students envision period staging.
- Suggests ways in which drama and theater have contributed to the
shaping of contemporary culture.
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