Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction Role–Theory, Metatheatre, and the Reception of Drama
- A Sense of Theatre
- Hiding at the Margins: Social Pressures and Escapist Role–Play
- A Strategy for Self-Expression: The Puppet–Mistress
- Exemplary Tragedy: The Social Riposte to Self–Expression
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction Role–Theory, Metatheatre, and the Reception of Drama
- A Sense of Theatre
- Hiding at the Margins: Social Pressures and Escapist Role–Play
- A Strategy for Self-Expression: The Puppet–Mistress
- Exemplary Tragedy: The Social Riposte to Self–Expression
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Role-Play and the World as Stage in the Comedia , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2002