Writings on theatre and drama

Author(s)

Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; translated with an introd. by H. M. Waidson

J. Cape, 1976

These essays are taken from F. Dürrenmatt's 2 volume work Theater-Schriften und Reden and Dramaturgisches und Kritisches

Bibliography: p. 18-19

In place of a portrait: from the beginning
In place of a portrait: document
Writing as an occupation
Something on the art of writing plays
Writing and the stage
The lady's not for burning: comedy by C. Fry
The taming of the shrew
Shakespeare twice: on two performances in the framework of the June festival plays
On Ronald Searle
Note on comedy
Theatre problems
Thoughts before a new performance
Friedrich Schiller
American and European drama
Chat about criticism in front of the press
Concerning the freedom of the theatre (fragment)
Dramatic theory about the audience
Dramaturgical considerations about The Anabaptists
Principles of adaptation (epilogue to the book edition of King John
Notes on Titus Andronicus
Aspects of dramaturgical thinking (fragment)
On the theory of dramatic art in Switzerland (fragment)