Action And Play In Beckett's Theater

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book 01 Dec 1966 English Publisher:University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)Journal:Modern Drama, volume 9, pages 242-250 (issn: 0026-7694, eissn: 1712-5286,

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Authors: John Fletcher;

doi: 10.3138/md.9.3.242 , 10.1353/mdr.1966.0055 , 10.3138/9781442677319-017

Action And Play In Beckett's Theater

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COMEDY WAS GESTURE BEFORE EVER IT WAS WORDS. In all ages the movements and gestures of the actors have been of prime importance in the theater, especially in the popular theater. From the banal mountebank and juggler of the public square, to the rigid, conventional action of the Peking opera, the theatrical phenomenon has always been characterized by an important active element.

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