Author: Gruber, William E.
Title: Comic Theaters: Studies in Performance and Audience Response
Description: Athens [Georgia], University of Georgia Press, (1986). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, (6),198 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Ancient Models; Dramatic Illusion in Greek Old Comedy; The Comedy of Plautus; Renaissance Models: Festive Comedy: 'Bartholomew Fair'; Shamming Illness & Shamming Identity: Doctors & Actors in 'Le malade imaginaire'; Modern Models: 'The Cherry Orchard': Text versus Performance; Comedy, Community, & the Anonymous Audience: Dürrenmatt's 'Der Besuch der alten Dame'; Afterword: On Actors & Theatrical Genres.

Keywords: Comparative Literature, Literary History, Theater Theatre, Comic Theaters, Comedy, Drama Criticism, Audience Response, Audiences,