Jump to ContentJump to Main Navigation

Oxford Index Browse

You are looking at 21-30 of 2,649 items for:

literaturexliterary studies (plays and playwrights)xClear all

Refine by type

 

Refine by product

 

The Action of Words

Martin Meisel.

in How Plays Work

June 2007; published online October 2011.

Chapter. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 15922 words.

This chapter shows that from the perspective of the reader as of the hearer, the words in drama are there to express, to impel, to reveal— express thought and feeling; impel (or defer) changes in...

Go to Oxford Scholarship Online » abstract

Actor/Author

Julie Stone Peters.

in Theatre of the Book 1480–1880

March 2003; published online October 2011.

Chapter. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 7476 words.

This chapter describes the role of print in the creation of the actor as author of the scene — a paradigm of social role-playing, and a prototype for the changeling self as subject.

Go to Oxford Scholarship Online » abstract

Adam, Le Jeu d'

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 9 words.

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Adam, Le Mystère d'

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 9 words.

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Adam, The Play of

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 9 words.

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Adding Machine, The

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 260 words.

A: Elmer Rice Pf: 1923, New York Pb: 1923 G: Drama in 7 scenes S: New York and heaven,

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Adelphi

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 4 words.

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Adelphoe

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 4 words.

Go to Oxford Reference » home page

Admirable Crichton

Overview page. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights) — literary studies (20th century onwards).

AT: Circumstances Alter Cases A: J. M. Barrie Pf: 1902, London Pb: 1914 G: Com. in 4 acts S: Lord Loam's manor house and a desert island, early 20th c. C: 7m, 6fIn order to appear progressive, the...

See overview in Oxford Index

Admirable Crichton, The

Edited by Michael Patterson.

in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

January 2005; published online January 2006.

Reference Entry. Subjects: literary studies (plays and playwrights). 343 words.

AT: Circumstances Alter Cases A: J. M. Barrie Pf: 1902, London Pb: 1914 G: Com. in 4 acts S:

Go to Oxford Reference » home page