Sad stories: A look at regicide and assasination in theatre

dc.creator	Scott , Russell Allen
dc.date	2011 -02 -18T21 :09 :55Z
dc.date	2012 -06 -01T17 :18 :25Z
dc.date	2011 -02 -18T21 :09 :55Z
dc.date	2012 -06 -01T17 :18 :25Z
dc.date	2011 -02 -18T21 :09 :55Z
dc.date	2005 -11 -28
dc.date.accessioned	2012 -11 -29T21 :16 :36Z
dc.date.available	2012 -11 -29T21 :16 :36Z
dc.date.issued	2012 -11 -29
dc.identifier	http : / /hdl .handle .net /2346 /15596
dc.identifier.uri	http : / /hdl .handle .net /2346 /15596
dc.description	This thesis centers on the depiction of violence onstage , specifically the violent acts of regicide and assassination . The first chapter briefly reviews the depiction of violence in theatre from the Ancient Greeks through the Middle Ages . The second chapter focuses on Shakespeare's two tragedies , Hamlet and Macbeth , and briefly discusses the sources for the theme of regicide within the plays and how that regicide is depicted . The third chapter examines the theme of assassination and its depiction within two modern plays , Keith Reddin’s Frame 312 and Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical Assassins .
dc.language	en _US
dc.publisher	Texas Tech University
dc.rights	unrestricted
dc.subject	shakespeare
dc.subject	assassination
dc.subject	regicide
dc.subject	theatre
dc.title	Sad stories : A look at regicide and assasination in theatre
dc.type	Electronic Thesis

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Sad stories: A look at regicide and assasination in theatre. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /2346 /15596 .

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