Overview
A practical, accessible and thorough guide to identifying and using
rhetorical devices in drama, using examples from both classical and
contemporary plays. An unprecedented reference and handbook for actors,
directors, playwrights and teachers; written by practitioners for
practitioners. Little has been written about how dramatists draw on
rhetorical devices, and how a study of these can unlock a text for a
performer or director, or indeed inspire contemporary playwrights. This
book addresses in detail - yet in straightforward terms - the many
different rhetorical form used in drama, and enables the reader to
identify and analyse them. Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric may be read
cover to cover, or it may be dipped into; it is both an analytic tool
and a reference aid for use in the classroom or rehearsal room,
revealing how careful study of language is one of the best ways of
accessing the richness of texts both classical and contemporary.