Studies in Stagecraft

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Essays & Short Works, Performing Arts

Authors: Clayton Hamilton In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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Preface
The New Art of Making Plays
The Pictorial Stage
The Decorative Drama
The Drama of Illusion
The Modern Art of Stage-Direction
A Plea for a New Type of Play
The Period of Pragmatism
The Undramatic Drama
The Value of Stage Conventions
The Supernatural Drama
The Irish National Theatre
The Personality of the Playwright
Themes and Stories on the Stage
Plausibility in Plays
Infirmity of Purpose
Where to Begin a Play
Continuity of Structure
Rhythm and Tempo
The Plays of Yesteryear
A New Defense of Melodrama
The Art of the Moving Picture Play
The One-Act Play in America
Organizing an Audience
The Function of Dramatic Criticism

A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in general, this volume focuses more specifically on the contemporary drama of the era in which it was written. - Summary by Andrew Gaunce