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Page 499
... novels influenced by Tieck and Hoffman . His famous novel , Zwischen Himmel und Erde , published in 1856 , struggled for a realistic and psycho- logical depiction of life . Ludwig tried to determine from Shakespeare laws of dra- matic ...
... novels influenced by Tieck and Hoffman . His famous novel , Zwischen Himmel und Erde , published in 1856 , struggled for a realistic and psycho- logical depiction of life . Ludwig tried to determine from Shakespeare laws of dra- matic ...
Page 579
... novel , play or picture , the primary emphasis is upon entertainment , and to entertain the audience it is above all ... novel the easiest of all three . I have practised all these crafts - that of the theatre with dubious success , that ...
... novel , play or picture , the primary emphasis is upon entertainment , and to entertain the audience it is above all ... novel the easiest of all three . I have practised all these crafts - that of the theatre with dubious success , that ...
Page 580
... novel nor of the play . It lies somewhere between the two . It is not the dramatization of the novel , nor the novelization of a play , but rather a narrative told in terms of the theatre . It must " move " and its characters must ...
... novel nor of the play . It lies somewhere between the two . It is not the dramatization of the novel , nor the novelization of a play , but rather a narrative told in terms of the theatre . It must " move " and its characters must ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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