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What Is Theatre: Incorporating the Dramatic Event, and Other Reviews, 1944-1967 - Softcover

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The contemporary drama critic discusses various aspects of American and international theater and criticizes the dramatic styles of specific playwrights and actors

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Eric Bentley is considered the world's greatest authority on Brecht. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Bentley on Brecht. He lives in New York.

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"First-rate dissection of styles in American acting . . . Contains some of the most penetrating comments yet made on Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams."--The Times Literary Supplement

"Combines theoretical knowledge and practical fervor in a way unknown to modern English criticism."--Kenneth Tynan, The Observer

"Bentley is one of the true essayists of t he century, in the class of Gide or Camus or Mann."--Albert Bermel, The New Leader

"The greatest critic of the drama now writing in English."--Jacques Barzun

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  • PublisherLimelight Editions
  • Publication date1984
  • ISBN 10 0879100125
  • ISBN 13 9780879100124
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages491
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