The Old drama and the New -An essay in reevaluation By William archer

1923 Hardcover, Antique

Small, Maynard & Company

Good Condition

The Old Drama and the New: An Essay in Re-Valuation is a 1923 book of dramatic criticism by Scottish critic and playwright William Archer. Based on a series of lectures at King's College, it surveys the evolution of British theatre from the Elizabethan era to the modern realist stage, famously arguing that modern drama surpassed older traditions in psychological truth and technical cra