The Theory of the Modern Stage

Eric Bentley

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Penguin
11 March 2008

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

For the first time available in Modern Classics, Bentley's classic anthology of the people, practices, and methods central to modern theatre by key playwrights and their interpreters

In The Theory of the Modern Stage, leading drama critic, Eric Bentley, brings together landmark writings by dramatists, directors and thinkers who have had a profound effect on the theatre since the mid nineteenth century, from Adolphe Appia to

mile Zola.

Here, Antonin Artaud sets out a manifesto for a Theatre of Cruelty, Bertolt Brecht discusses the tension between entertainment and instruction in experimental drama and Bernard Shaw defends himself as a realist, while W. B. Yeats describes the creation of a People's Theatre. The ideas of theatre's great makers are revealed by their best expositors, as Eric Bentley writes about Stanislavsky belief in the importance of emotional memory when creating a dramatic role and Arthur Symons considers Richard Wagner and the relationship between genius, art and nature.

Edited by: Eric Bentley
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9780141189185
ISBN 10: 0141189185
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 11 March 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Bentley, one of the foremost authorities on the modern theatre, is a recognised playwright, critic, and scholar, and a longtime intimate of Brecht. His most recent book is Bentley on Brecht.

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The Theory of the Modern Stage

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