"The chief purpose of this book is to make available the major documents in dramatic theory Some are important historically, some intrinsically, others have both histone and intrinsic value Apart from presenting such writings by dramatic ...

' The first part of the book s subtitle derives from Gilbert and Sullivan s 'The Pirates of Penzance', which describes its protagonist, and from Ibsen s 'A Doll House', whose protagonist renounces slavery to duty and conventional morality.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.