Now in its 4th edition this is an accessible & comprehensive introduction to the critical study of drama Using familiar examples of classic & contemporary works such as Shakespeare's King Lear Ibsen's A Doll's House & Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good the book explores the essential elements of play texts from character dialogue & plot to theatrical space With more in depth guidance on how to study plays in & as performance both live & in recordings available online the 4th edition of Studying Plays now
Includes:: new examples throughout the book drawn from a range of 21st-century plays by established & emergent writers for diverse theatres & companies new explorations of how plays structure & engage audience response a complete new section on the analysis of theatre of witness & testimony; monodrama; & postdramatic texts