Contents 1
前言 1
INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA 1
Why Drama 1
The Nature of Drama 2
The Elements and Structure of Drama 3
The Types of Drama 8
Style and Stylization 12
Part Ⅰ THE PLAYS 15
William Sha′cespeare MACBETH 17
George Bernard Shaw PYGMALION 86
Eugene O’Neill THE HAIRY APE 149
Tennessee Williams THE GLASS MENAGERIE 183
Arthur Miller DEATH OF A SALESMAN ( 238
Samuel Bec′cett ACT WITHOUT WORDSI 307
Peter Shaffer AMADEUS 313
Part Ⅱ DRAMATIC CRITICISM 383
Wright Lamar/Doren/de Quincey On MACBETH 385
Bentley/Damrosch/Styan On PYGMALION 390
Woollcott/Alexander/Berlin On THE HAIRY APE 394
Cohn Dukore/Styan/Gassner On THE GLASS MENAGERIE 399
Choudhuri/Gassner/Stambusky On DEATH OF A SALESMAN 402
Fletcher Spurling/Webb On ACT WITHOUT WORDS I 406
Brown/Esslin On AMADEUS 408
APPENDICES 410
Ⅰ．A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ENGLISH DRAMA 410
Ⅱ．A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF AMERICAN DRAMA 415