The field of drama : how the signs of drama create meaning on stage and screen /

Esslin, Martin

The field of drama : how the signs of drama create meaning on stage and screen / Martin Esslin - [London] : Methuen Drama, [1988, reprint] - 190 p. ; 20cm

Includes bibliographical references andindex

The field of drama -- The nature of drama -- Icon, index, symbol -- The frame -- The actor -- Visuals and design -- The words -- Music and sounf -- The signs of stage and screen -- Structure as signifier -- The performers and the audience -- The audience's competence: social conventions and personal meanings -- A hierachy of meanings



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Drama--Semiotic aspects
Semiotics and literature
Drama.
Plays, playscripts
Literary studies: plays & playwrights