The Final Curtain: The Art of Dying on Stage

by Senelick and Laurence Senelick

Book Overview

This is a book about dying, or, more accurately, about the representation of dying in the theatre. Its chief concern is how actors undertook to translate words and concepts into forms legible and significant to an audience. It deals with the ways in which playwrights wrote about death and attitudes towards death in their cultures. Nevertheless, the emphasis is on the practice of acting.

Before the nineteenth century, when death began to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839993111
• ISBN13: 9781839993114
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"