The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero

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dc.contributor.authorHahn, Christopheren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-10T13:59:02Z
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dc.date.issued1979en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 81 -82.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn examining the theatre of Tom Stoppard, I have decided to use only plays that have been written to be performed live before an audience. This excludes the radio and television plays and, of course, his only novel. This decision was me.de because of a desire to concentrate on the theatrical nature of the plays, how they are received by a live theatre audience, as opposed to the impression made on a reader who has only a text before him. The whole emphasis in Stoppard's theatre is on the theme of differing angles of perception, of the different ways a spectator can look at an idea and the varied truths that can result. The spectator is hero both inside and outside Stoppard's created worlds; the stylist, removed from the world of action, fashions life to mirror art, but is caught in a dilemma when faced by the innumerable reflections he sees or thinks he sees Plays need to be studied with the eye of a directors and not simply as literature. As a playwright, Stoppard's conscious aim is to .achieve that volatile quality that binds audience and actors together for a few short hours as a work of art is created. I have tried to keep this in mind while looking, in the mind's eye, at the plays. Because the subject of this study is in his middle years there is the likelihood that, prolific as he is, he will continue to produce plays at his present rate and it is very possible that he will branch out into different areas. This cannot therefore be much more than an interim assessment, not even an interim judgment. Already it seems that the challenge of naturalism is making itself felt and, in Night and Day a strong movement can be perceived in that direction.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHahn, C. (1979). <i>The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12590en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHahn, Christopher. <i>"The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1979. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12590en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHahn, C. 1979. The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hahn, Christopher AB - In examining the theatre of Tom Stoppard, I have decided to use only plays that have been written to be performed live before an audience. This excludes the radio and television plays and, of course, his only novel. This decision was me.de because of a desire to concentrate on the theatrical nature of the plays, how they are received by a live theatre audience, as opposed to the impression made on a reader who has only a text before him. The whole emphasis in Stoppard's theatre is on the theme of differing angles of perception, of the different ways a spectator can look at an idea and the varied truths that can result. The spectator is hero both inside and outside Stoppard's created worlds; the stylist, removed from the world of action, fashions life to mirror art, but is caught in a dilemma when faced by the innumerable reflections he sees or thinks he sees Plays need to be studied with the eye of a directors and not simply as literature. As a playwright, Stoppard's conscious aim is to .achieve that volatile quality that binds audience and actors together for a few short hours as a work of art is created. I have tried to keep this in mind while looking, in the mind's eye, at the plays. Because the subject of this study is in his middle years there is the likelihood that, prolific as he is, he will continue to produce plays at his present rate and it is very possible that he will branch out into different areas. This cannot therefore be much more than an interim assessment, not even an interim judgment. Already it seems that the challenge of naturalism is making itself felt and, in Night and Day a strong movement can be perceived in that direction. DA - 1979 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1979 T1 - The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero TI - The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12590 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHahn C. The theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as hero. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1979 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12590en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglishen_ZA
dc.titleThe theatre of Tom Stoppard : the spectator as heroen_ZA
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