Playhouse and Cosmos
Author | : Kent T. Van den Berg |
Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : 0874132444 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780874132441 |
Rating | : 4/5 (441 Downloads) |
Download or read book Playhouse and Cosmos written by Kent T. Van den Berg and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playhouse and Cosmos systematically and comprehensively describes the function of theater and role-playing as metaphors in Shakespearean drama. The author examines this metaphor's revelatory and liberating power and concludes by affirming, with Shakespeare, the creative power of theatricality in life and in art.