The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
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THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
AND OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
CLAYTON HAMILTON
Uniform with This Volume
Studies in Stagecraft
TO
BRANDER MATTHEWS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE
I
WHAT IS A PLAY?
II
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THEATRE AUDIENCES
III
THE ACTOR AND THE DRAMATIST
IV
STAGE CONVENTIONS IN MODERN TIMES
V
ECONOMY OF ATTENTION IN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
VI
EMPHASIS IN THE DRAMA
VII
THE FOUR LEADING TYPES OF DRAMA
VIII
THE MODERN SOCIAL DRAMA
OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
I
THE PUBLIC AND THE DRAMATIST
II
DRAMATIC ART AND THE THEATRE BUSINESS
III
THE HAPPY ENDING IN THE THEATRE
IV
THE BOUNDARIES OF APPROBATION
V
IMITATION AND SUGGESTION IN THE DRAMA
VI
HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE
VII
BLANK VERSE ON THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE
VIII
DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THEATRIC JOURNALISM
IX
THE INTENTION OF PERMANENCE
X
THE QUALITY OF NEW ENDEAVOR
XI
THE EFFECT OF PLAYS UPON THE PUBLIC
XII
PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT PLAYS
XIII
THEMES IN THE THEATRE
XIV
THE FUNCTION OF IMAGINATION
INDEX
BEULAH MARIE DIX'S
ALLISON'S LAD AND OTHER MARTIAL INTERLUDES
THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-DAY
BRITISH & AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-DAY
THREE MODERN PLAYS FROM THE FRENCH
THE ROAD TOGETHER
POSSESSION
EMBERS
TRADITION
NOWADAYS
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
HALE'S DRAMATISTS OF TO-DAY
NEW POPULAR EDITION, WITH APPENDIX
Containing tables, etc., of the Opera Season 1908-11.
CHAPTERS OF OPERA
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