In these four lectures Peter Hall reveals a lifetime of discoveries about classical theatre, Shakespeare, opera and modern drama. The central argument is that form and structured language paradoxically give freedom to power of thought and feeling, much as the masks of early Greek drama enabled actors to express extreme emotion. The mask may take many forms - the precise language of Beckett and Pinter, the classical form of Mozart's operas, or Shakespeare's verse.
Reprinted to form part of the Oberon Masters series, a brand new collection of attractive hardbacks on key themes within the arts written by leading lights in each subject.
'The wisest and most stimulating short book about theatre since Peter Brook's The Empty Space - Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph
- ISBN10 1559361905
- ISBN13 9781559361903
- Publish Date 21 September 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 136
- Language English