Death, the One and the Art of Theatre
- ISBN-10
- 0415349869
- ISBN-13
- 9780415349864
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 105
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Howard Barker
Description
The latest collection of Barker's philosophical musings on theatre, this volume includes speculations, deductions, prose poems & poetic apercus, which cast a unique light on the nature of tragedy, eroticism, love & theatre.
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