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THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
And Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
By Clayton Hamilton. Author of “Materials and Methods of Fiction.” $1.50 net; by mail, $1.60.
CONTENTS:
The Theory of the Theatre.—What is a Play?—The Psychology of Theatre Audiences.—The Actor and the Dramatist.—Stage Conventions in Modern Times.—Economy of Attention in Theatrical Performances.—Emphasis in the Drama.—The Four Leading Types of Drama: Tragedy and Melodrama; Comedy and Farce.—The Modern Social Drama.
Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism.—The Public and the Dramatist.—Dramatic Art and the Theatre Business.—The Happy Endings in the Theatre.—The Boundaries of Approbation.—Imitation and Suggestion in the Drama.—Holding the Mirror up to Nature.—Blank Verse on the Contemporary Stage.—Dramatic Literature and Theatric Journalism.—The Intention of Performance.—The Quality of New Endeavor.—The Effect of Plays upon the Public.—Pleasant and Unpleasant Plays.—Themes in the Theatre.—The Function of Imagination.
DRAMATISTS OF TO-DAY
Rostand, Hauptmann, Sudermann,
Pinero, Shaw, Phillips, MaeterlinckBy Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union College. With gilt top, $1.50 net. (By mail, $1.60.)
An informal discussion of their principal plays and of the performances of some of them. The volume opens with a paper “On Standards of Criticism,” and concludes with “Our Idea of Tragedy,” and an appendix of all the plays of each author, with dates of their first performance or publication.
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THE GERMAN DRAMA OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
By Georg Witkowski. Translated by Prof. L. E. Horning. 12mo. $1.00.
Kleist, Grillparzer, Hebbel, Ludwig, Wildenbruch, Sudermann, Hauptmann, and minor dramatists receive attention.
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