Thinking About the Playwright: Comments From Four Decades

Bentley, Eric; Eric Bentley

ISBN 10: 0810107333 / ISBN 13: 9780810107335

Published by Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL, 1987

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364 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking About the Playwright: Comments From Four Decades
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810107333
• ISBN 13: 9780810107335
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Sylvia Plachy (Photo)
• Edition: Copyright © 1987
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theatre, Plays, Drama, Screenplays, Acting, etc.
  • Labor Studies
  • Theatre, Contemporary & Modern Theatre

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Synopsis

Essays discuss Ibsen, Strindberg, O'Neill, Brecht, Shaw, acting styles, theater controversies, translation, regional drama, and the nature of theater.  

About the Author

ERIC BENTLEY was born in England in 1916 and became an American citizen in 1948. He has earned a reputation as a scholar, teacher, professional theatre critic, performer, and a playwright.