A guide to the anatomy of drama. It examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning. It starts with the building blocks of whole plays - plot, character creation, genre and structure - and moves on to scenes and devices.
David Edgar Ordre des livres (chronologique)
26 février 1948
David Edgar est un dramaturge anglais dont l'œuvre est profondément ancrée dans une tradition familiale du théâtre. Dès son plus jeune âge, il a démontré un profond intérêt pour l'écriture de pièces et le monde du théâtre. Ses pièces abordent souvent des questions sociales et politiques contemporaines, les explorant avec une compréhension aiguë de la nature humaine. Le style dramatique d'Edgar est reconnu pour sa profondeur intellectuelle et sa capacité à entraîner le public dans les questions complexes de notre époque.
The Shape of the Table
- 94pages
- 4 heures de lecture
1989. An Eastern Bloc government on the brink of collapse. As the old regime retreats, former political prisoners join banned writers around the negotiating table... The Shape of the Table is part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays, which also includes Pentecost and The Prisoner's Dilemma. Witty and informative, this play is both an intensely topical account of what actually went on in the corridors of power and a timeless analysis of revolution in action. In particular the play explores not only the challenge of seizing power, but also the difficulty of relinquishing it. The Shape of the Table was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 1990.
Plays: One
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies