philosophy and theatre an introduction

scenery 1–2, 7, 85, 105–7, 111
Schiller, F. xi, 66–7, 85,86 n43,101 n2, 105–7,
106 n23, 111,112 n 45
Schopenhauer, A. 67–8,67 n 64 – 5;67, 70
scientific age 181, 184– 6
seating arrangements 174
self-forgetting 68– 9
Seneca xi, 11
Sermon on the Mount 106
Servandoni, G.N. 3
sets/set design 2, 31, 58–9, 63, 175
Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza160, 165,
169, 172
sexism 115
Shakespeare, W. xiii, 7, 12–14, 30, 39, 76,
113 n48; history 78, 80, 84–6, 88; morality
112 – 13, 118, 122; political theatre 174,
176 – 7, 185
Shaw, G.B. 167
Shelley, J.53 n31, 144–6,144 n33, 156
Shoot 177
slaves 177
Snowdon, P.55 n 32
socialism 185
Socrates ix–x, 23–5, 27–8,29 n24, 70, 75,
76 n6, 116, 171
Solon 47
sophists 47
Sophocles14 n30,50 n17,67 n66, 75,80 n19,
82, 142, 146
sound 2, 58, 64, 176
sound engineers 13
Sparshott, F. 56
spectators 2–3, 5–8, 10, 15, 25; emotion 143,
148 – 50, 153, 155; history 75, 78, 89–90;
political theatre 161–2, 167, 172–5, 177,
179, 181, 183, 185–6, 188–9; truth/illusion
59, 61, 63
spoken words 1– 2
stage 2, 7, 31, 40, 51; directions 12; magicians
59 – 63; political theatre 181; truth/illusion
59, 61, 63
statements 168–72, 185
Stendhal 56,56 n36,63 n50, 64–5, 135–6,
138
Stern, T. xiii,7n15, 96
Stoicism 110
storytelling modes 182, 184, 186
Stratford Festival Company 10
street theatre 3
Strindberg, A. 37, 52,53 n 29
Suetonius 78
suffering 139–41, 155, 179–80, 184
suicide 67

Sunday Times 161

symbolism 22, 63–4, 120– 1

Symposiumix, xii, 27

Tarantino, Q. 9

Taylor, T 175

technology 184–6, 189

text 1–2, 9, 11–16, 26, 51; political theatre

160, 164–74, 176, 189, 1177; truth/illusion

67, 69

text-performance relations 11– 16

Thales ix

The Birth of Tragedy 66 – 70

The Boy Who Cried Wolf 108

The Cloudsix, xii

The Republicix–x

theatre 3, 12–18, 21– 46 see alsoaudience;

broad/narrow-sense 8–10; buildings 2;

comparison with drama 10–11; definitions

1, 4–7; emotion 128–59; historians 10;

history 75–98;mimesis 21 – 46; morality

101 – 27; and other art forms 7–11; politics

160 – 92; of the scientific age 181, 184–6; as

training 166; truth/illusion 47–74; typical

elements 1– 4

The Theatre and its Double 47

Theatre of Dionysus 2, 174, 177

theatron 2

theology 111, 180

theory of forms 24–6, 28–9, 31–3, 35, 48

therapeutic theatre 166

Thespis ix, 47

Three Sisters 175 – 7,176 n 25

Thucydides 89– 90

Tolstoy, L. 129– 30

tragedy 14–15, 24, 27, 30, 32, 177, 180, 182;

definitions 33, 129–30, 149–50; history

75 – 6, 78–9, 85; morality 107–8, 114, 116,

118; paradox 138–49; truth/illusion 47, 52,

63 – 5, 67– 70

tragic pleasure 138– 49

Tricycle Theatre 92

truth xi, 47, 76, 105, 145–6, 179–81, 186; and

content 48–55; illusion as 66–70; implicit 51– 4

Tudor Theatre 114, 178

Uncle Vanya64, 109, 128, 131–2, 134; emotion

138, 142, 146, 153

unities of time and place 29–30, 63

universals 33–5, 52–4, 79–80, 106, 170, 179–81,

186

untruth48 n 7

utilitarianism104 n12, 163

utopianism 187– 8

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