The Study of Drama
A Lecture Given at Cambridge on 2 August 1934, with Notes Subsequently Added

The text of a 1934 lecture by Granville-Barker on the study of 'drama as drama, considered in relation to the theatre'.

Harley Granville-Barker (Author)

9781107665590, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 April 2012

100 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm, 0.12 kg

The Study of Drama by Harley Granville-Barker was published as part of the Cambridge Miscellany series in 1934. It contains the text of a lecture delivered by the author in Cambridge in 1934 on the study of 'drama as drama, considered in relation to the theatre'. The lecture is printed together with extensive notes, which were added subsequently.

The study of drama
Notes: A. Charles Brookfield
B. Actor versus dramatist
C. The post-Robinson generation
D. The actor's calling today
E. American education
F. Freudianism in literature
G. The ideal producer
H. The intrusive dramatist
I. The business man and the drama
J. Monotony in variety
K. The Sunday Entertainments Bill
L. A dramatic Mecca.

Subject Areas: Theatre studies [AN]