The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-860417-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Students of drama and literature, drama and literature scholars and tutors, theatre professionals, especially directors looking for plays for performance, amateur drama enthusiasts, and informed theatre-goers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- Select Bibliography

- Family Tree of main Characters in Shakespeare's History Plays

- Thematic List of Plays

- A-Z of Plays

- Index of Characters

- Index of Playwrights

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Patterson is professor of theatre at De Montfort University, Leicester. He has published six books on German theatre and one on political theatre.