Preface to Drama: An Introduction to Dramatic Literature and Theater Art

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• Foreword iii
• Contents v
• Part One - The Preface 1
• I - Preliminary 3
• II - The Playscript 25
• Scene I 44
• Scene II 52
• III - The Stageplay 64
• IV - The Play 93
• V - The Drama 124
• H.M.S. Pinafore or the Lass That Loved a Sailor 145
• Part Two - The Plays 181
• I - Antigone 185
• Scene I 192
• Scene II 197
• Scene IV 202
• Scene V 206
• II - Othello 221
• Act One 224
• Scene III - The Council Chamber. 229
• Act Two 232
• Scene II - A Street. 242
• Act Three 251
• Scene II - A Room in the Citadel. 261
• Scene IV - Before the Citadel. 263
• Act Four 276
• Scene II - A Room in the Citadel. 282
• Scene III - State Bedroom in the Citadel. 290
• Act Five 297
• III - The Ridiculous PrÆCieuses 320
• Scene I - La Grange, Du Croisy 323
• Scene IV - Madelon, Cathos, Gorgibus. 324
• Scene V - Cathos, Madelon. 325
• Scene VII - Mascarille, Two Chairmen. 327
• Scene VIII - Marotte, Mascarillie. 328
• Scene X - Cathos, Madelon, Mascarille, Marotte. 330
• Scene XI - Cathos, Madelon, Jodelet, Mascarille, Marotte, Almanzor. 334
• Scene XII - Lucile, CÉLimÈne, Cathos, Madelon, Mascarille, Jodelet, Marotte, Almanzor, and Fiddlers. 335
• Scene XIII - Du Croisy, la Grange, Cathos, Madelon, Lucile, CÉLimÈne, Jodelet, Mascarille, Marotte, and Fiddlers. 337
• Scene XVI - Madelon, Cathos, Jodelet, Mascarille, and Fiddlers. 338
• Scene. XVIII - Gorgibus, Madelon, Cathos, and Fiddlers. 339
• IV - Hedda Gabler 344
• Act Two 347
• Act Three 370
• Act Four 390
• V - Candida 420
• Act I 423
• Act II 445
• VI: Life with Father - A Period Comedy by Lindsay and Crouse 482
• Act One 485
• Scene II 503
• Scene II 517
• Act Three 548
• VII - The Glass Menagerie 569
• Scene 1 572
• Scene 2 578
• Scene 3 583
• Scene 5 587
• Scene 6 594
• Scene 7 601
• VIII - The Crucible 636
• Act One - (An Overture) 639
• Act Two 663
• Act Four 683
• Appendix 731

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