The idea of a theater : study of ten plays, the art of drama in changing perspective / by Fergurson, Francis, 1904-

Table of Contents: “…Hamlet as an artistic failure ; Hamlet as multiple plot ; Hamlet as ritual and improvisation ; The globe theater and the festival of Dionysos ; Ritual and improvisation: Hamlet's play as the center ; An interpretation of the role of Hamlet ; Analogous action: an interpretation of the play ; Hamlet and the modern theater -- Introduction: The partial perspectives of the modern theater -- Ghosts and The Cherry orchard: the theater of modern realism. …”