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What Is Theatre?: Incorporating the Dramatic Event and Other Reviews, 1944 - 1967
What Is Theatre Incorporating the Dramatic Event and Other Reviews 1944 1967 Author:Eric Bentley From the publication of his first book devoted to theatre (The Playwright as Thinker, 1946) it has become clear over the years that Eric Bentley is the most distinguished critic of theatre writing in English. It is a pleasure with this volume to add to his all-too-few books this very solid collection of theatrical journalism, cont... more »aining most of the contents to two earlier books, What is Theatre? and The Dramatic Event, the record of his service as dramatic critic to The New Republic from 1952 to 1956, (It should be noted that three longer, more essayistic studies, originally included in those two books, do not appear here, but are to e found in The Theatre of Commitment.) In addition, the book includes a dozen other reviews hitherto unpublished in book form, of characteristic sparkling brilliance, on subjects as far-ranging as The Peking Opera, Jean-Louis Barrault, Charlie Chaplin, and the German theatre today.« less