philosophy and theatre an introduction

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Lamb, C. 14
Lawrence, D.H.154 n 69
Lear, J.27 n16,154 n66;68,155 n75, 156
learning from plays 48– 55
Lecouvreur, A. 121
left-wing political theatre 165
legislation 162
Lehrstücke 4
Lennard, J.5n11,15 n33, 16,140 n24, 152
n62,166 n9,175 n22,177 n 33
Lessing, G. xi, 14, 30,31 n29, 52,52 n25, 56
n36,63 n51, 64,64 n53, 105, 113, 116, 121
n78,150 n48;50
Levinson, J. 124
lighting 2, 7, 13, 58, 61, 66, 176, 181, 184
Lincoln, A. 175
lines of business 52
literature 50,52 n23, 81, 85, 112, 176;
dramatic 12–13, 15
location 2, 4–6, 174– 5
Luckhurst, M.5n11,15 n33, 16,140 n24, 152
n62,166 n9,175 n22,177 n 33
Lucretius 140– 1
Lukács, G. 82–6,82 n 25 – 7,83 n30, 93, 96, 190


Machiavelli, N. xi
make-believe 37, 39–41, 43, 80, 132–5, 138
make-up 58–9, 61
Mann, T. 59,59 n 45
Marathon, Battle of 75
marionette theatre 62
The Marriage of Figaro 170
Marx, K. 87, 188
Marxism 82, 179, 184– 8
masks 30– 1
Mason, J. 124
McCollom, W.63 n50, 65,65 n 58
Measure for Measure 113 n 48
mediaeval theatre 2, 78, 105, 114
memory plays 78
Meno 171
The Merchant of Venice 118
metaphysics 12, 22, 25–6, 28–9, 31–2, 47, 67,
67 n67, 69– 70
Middle East 161
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 167
Miller, A. 178, 180
Milton, J. 112
mime theatre 2
mimesis4, 43–6, 76, 88, 104, 114, 116, 133,
150, 169, 177, 182; Aristotle on 32–5; and
imagination 35–43; as imitation 24–35;
meanings 21–4; Plato on 23– 32
Mimesis as Make-Believe 40


Mink, L.89 n48, 91
miracle plays 78
The Misanthrope111, 118
Miss Julie 52 – 3
Molière 111
Montesquieu, Baron 101
morality 101–27, 146–7, 168–71; becoming the
character 116–17; craft 119–23; deception
and inauthenticity 118–19; emotion 108–11,
119 – 23; ethics of the actor 113–23;
immediacy 106–8; justice 111–13; pleasure
and entertainment 102–5; politics 168–71;
school of morals 105– 13
Moss, J.23 n3,26 n10, 12, 43
The Mother 188
Mumford, M.188 n 57
myths 76, 78, 94

narrators 182
narrow-sense politics 161–5, 167, 169, 174
narrow-sense theatre 8– 10
National Theatre 62
naturalism 63–4, 178, 188
Nehamas, A.23 n3,28 n20, 29,31 n27, 117
n69,149 n 44 – 5,150 n 54 – 5,153 n63, 155
n72, 156
Neill, A.135 n15,139 n23,143 n32,149 n42,
156
Nichomachean Ethics102,154 n65,155 n 70
Nietzsche, F. xi, xiii, 14,31 n28, 55, 66–70, 78,
109 n30, 140,153 n64, 163– 4
noble lie 27
non-dramatic theatre 11
non-propositional learning 54– 5
Norton-Taylor, R.92 n 56
Nuremberg92, 94– 5
Nussbaum, M.108 n29,155 n71;73

Oedipus 36, 40, 51, 53, 67,80 n19, 142, 180–1,
183 – 4
Oedipus at Colonus 67
Oedipus Tyrannus 50 – 4, 67, 112, 142, 145, 147,
168, 179
Old Oligarch 174
Old Vic 10– 11
Olivier, L. 3
Olsen, S.37 n45,39 n47,49 n9,50 n13, 71,
81 n 23
ontology 12,16 n 37
optical illusions 57–8, 60, 62– 3
Oresteia 172 – 3
Osborne, J. 10
Othello118, 177
Our American Cousin 175

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