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epic poetry/drama 11, 24, 33, 68, 82, 181–4,
186 – 8
ethics xi, 7, 82–3, 101–2, 113–23, 146–7, 155
Euripides ix
event, theatre as 177
events, non-artistic 5– 6
eyewitnesses 88–9.95, 182– 3

Fanny Hill 112 – 13
Feagin, S.108 n27,139 n22, 146–7,146 n 37 – 8
fictionality 80–1, 87, 91, 107, 109; emotion
130 – 8, 148, 153, 156
France 30, 63, 92, 135
Fraser Spiral 57–8, 60, 64
Frayn, M. 62,77 n7, 78, 96, 112,112 n 43
French Enlightenment 92, 101
French Revolution 82, 85, 91– 2
Freud, S.52 n23, 117
Friend, S.139 n22,146 n39, 156

Garrick, D. 121,121 n 80
Gaza War 160–1, 168, 172
generalisation 48, 53, 85
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 81, 84
Ghosts51, 113, 147
The Glass Menagerie 78
Globe Theatre 2
Goethe, J.W. von 37, 105
Gombrich, E. 41,57 n 42
Gorgias 47, 56, 138
government 162–4,173 n17, 176
Greek language 2, 10, 151, 167– 8
Grotowski, J. 5
Guardian 161

Halliwell, S.21 n1,25 n9,27 n14,29 n24, 33
n32, 43–4,47 n4,149 n46,150 n47;49;54,
151 n 56 – 8,154 n66,155 n75, 156
Halpern, R. 162n4,174 n18,175 n20,177 n30,
190
Hamilton, C.107 n24,110 n33,111 n 38
Hamilton, J. xiii,3n1,12 n27, 15,56 n36, 58
n43,59 n44,63 n48, 71,188 n 57
Hamlet3, 6–7, 11–13, 15–16, 34, 49–51, 52
n23, 54, 77, 131
happenings 4
Heath, M. 44,150 n53,153 n63,154 n 66
Hebbel, F. 107, 112
Hedda Gabler 12 n27, 188
hedonism 143
Hegel, G.W.F. xi, 32,82 n28, 87, 130, 171,
185,186 n52; interpretation ofAntigone 82 – 3
hegemony 15
Heller, A. 85, 96

Henry V30, 38–9, 41, 88

Henry VIII 163

Herodotus 75,76 n5, 79–80,80 n17, 87

historians 10, 75–6, 78–9, 81–2, 87, 89–92,

94 – 6

historical accuracy xi, 79– 85

The Historical Novel 82 – 4,83 n 31

historiography 87, 91– 5

history 75–98, 172, 184

history plays 75–96; as history 81–95; not as

history 86– 95

Hobbes, T. 89–90,90 n50, 140– 2

Holinshed, R. 122

Hollywood 178– 9

Holocaust 169

Homer 24, 68, 78

Horace 102, 119

house lights 181

Hume, D. xi, 37–8,111 n38, 138–9, 156

Ibsen, H. 9, 51, 64,64 n52, 76, 84, 113, 129,

147, 167

illusion 47–8, 55–7, 105, 135, 181, 183, 186,

188; illusionist’s59–63; sensory 58–9; the

spell 63–6; as truth 66– 70

imagination 21, 35–43, 117

imitation xi, 21, 24–35, 40–3, 91, 182

immediacy 106– 8

imperatives 171– 4

implicit truths 51– 4

improvised theatre 2, 7–8, 11

inauthenticity 118–19, 122

industrial revolution 82

Jacobson, D.55 n33,109 n32,111 n38,113 n 50

Jameson, F. 190

Janaway, C.67 n 64

Janko, R.33 n32,149 n45,150 n50,152 n 60

Jesuits 105

Johnson, S. 56,77 n7, 112

Jones, I. 175

Julius Caesar 76 – 85, 87, 89, 94– 5

justice 106, 111–13, 151

Kant, I. 37, 111

Kaprow, A. 4

Kierkegaard, S. 48

King Lear42, 84, 86, 106–7, 111

Kleist, H. 116,123 n 88

Kottman, P.76 n5, 190,190 n 4

Laertius, Diogenesix n2,110 n 36

Lamarque, P.37 n45,39 n47,49 n9,50 n13,

71,81 n 23

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