The Theory of the Theatre

About this eBook

Author

Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946

Title

The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Drama -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13589

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13589

Release Date

October 3, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
2. 2.AND OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
3. 3.CLAYTON HAMILTON — Uniform with This Volume — Studies in Stagecraft — TO — BRANDER MATTHEWS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
7. 7.I — WHAT IS A PLAY?
8. 8.II — THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THEATRE AUDIENCES
9. 9.III — THE ACTOR AND THE DRAMATIST
10. 10.IV — STAGE CONVENTIONS IN MODERN TIMES
11. 11.V — ECONOMY OF ATTENTION IN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
12. 12.VI — EMPHASIS IN THE DRAMA
13. 13.VII — THE FOUR LEADING TYPES OF DRAMA
14. 14.VIII — THE MODERN SOCIAL DRAMA
15. 15.OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
16. 16.I — THE PUBLIC AND THE DRAMATIST
17. 17.II — DRAMATIC ART AND THE THEATRE BUSINESS
18. 18.III — THE HAPPY ENDING IN THE THEATRE
19. 19.IV — THE BOUNDARIES OF APPROBATION
20. 20.V — IMITATION AND SUGGESTION IN THE DRAMA
21. 21.VI — HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE
22. 22.VII — BLANK VERSE ON THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE
23. 23.VIII — DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THEATRIC JOURNALISM
24. 24.IX — THE INTENTION OF PERMANENCE
25. 25.X — THE QUALITY OF NEW ENDEAVOR
26. 26.XI — THE EFFECT OF PLAYS UPON THE PUBLIC
27. 27.XII — PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT PLAYS
28. 28.XIII — THEMES IN THE THEATRE
29. 29.XIV — THE FUNCTION OF IMAGINATION
30. 30.INDEX — BEULAH MARIE DIX'S
31. 31.ALLISON'S LAD AND OTHER MARTIAL INTERLUDES
32. 32.BY BARRETT H. CLARK — THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-DAY — BRITISH & AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-DAY — THREE MODERN PLAYS FROM THE FRENCH
33. 33.By GEORGE MIDDLETON — THE ROAD TOGETHER — POSSESSION — EMBERS — TRADITION — NOWADAYS
34. 34.NOTEWORTHY RECENT DRAMA BOOKS — Arthur Edwin Krows' PLAY PRODUCTION IN AMERICA — Richard Burton's BERNARD SHAW: THE MAN AND THE MASK — Constance D'Arcy Mackay's THE FOREST PRINCESS, etc. — Louise Burleigh and Edward Hale Bierstadt's PUNISHMENT — Percival Wilde's CONFESSIONAL and Other American Plays — SIXTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND WITH PORTRAITS
35. 35.HALE'S DRAMATISTS OF TO-DAY — NEW POPULAR EDITION, WITH APPENDIX — Containing tables, etc., of the Opera Season 1908-11.
36. 36.CHAPTERS OF OPERA

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