1993
Battle at Sea
Introduction: Battle at Sea Trafalgar The Wooden World The Strategic Background Nelson versus Napoleon Nelson versus Villeneuve Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail Battle off Cape Trafalgar What Had Happened? The Aftermath Jutland The Fall of the Wooden Walls High Seas Fleet versus Royal Navy The War of Sea before Jutland The Ironclad World …
John Osborne: Plays 1
Introduction John Osborne, 1993
Prefaces to Shakespeare: King Lear
Shakespeare Alive! Richard Eyre Introduction The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text King Lear The Main Lines of Construction The Method of the Dialogue The Characters and Their Interplay Lear Goneril, Regan and Cordelia Kent The …
Extremes
Extremes: A Mirror Extremes of the Heart The Burning Heart: Why people drive themselves to extremes, as illustrated by the comparison of Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais Heart Transplants: Organ worship, from Saint Marguerite Marie and the Sacred Heart to Dr. Christiaan Barnard The Neurotic Heart: A four-hour analysis of Gustav Mahler by …
Principia Ethica
Editor’s introduction Thomas Baldwin Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Table of Contents to the First Edition The Subject-Matter of Ethics Naturalistic Ethics Hedonism Metaphysical Ethics Ethics in Relation to Conduct The Ideal Index to the First Edition The Conception of Instrinsic Value Free Will Appendix: ‘Principia Ethica’ and ‘The Elements …
Jarry: The Ubu Plays
Alfred Jarry: Biographical Note Introduction Simon Watson Taylor Writings on the Theatre by Jarry
Ibsen: Plays 2
Henrik Johan Ibsen: A Chronology
The Play of George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Introduction Andrew Worrall George Orwell Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Animal Farm: the play List of Characters Cast of the 1984 National Theatre Production A Note by the Adaptor Animal Farm Questions and Explorations Keeping Track Act One Act Two Explorations Characters Themes In Performance Criticism Select bibliography Biographical notes on Peter Hall, Adrian Mitchell …
Township Plays
Preface Athol Fugard, 1999 Introduction Dennis Walder
Michael Frayn: Plays 1
Chronology of first performances Introduction Michael Frayn
Chekhov: Plays
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: A Chronology Introduction Michael Frayn A Note on the Translation The Pronunciation of the Names