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Holland, Charles A. , An Analysis and Production Book
For A Contemporary Staging of Irwin Shaw' s Bury the Dead.
Master of Arts (Speech and Drama), August, 1973, 176 pp.i
bibliography, 32 titles.
The problem of this thesis is concerned with the
directing and producing of a 1936 peace play, Bury the Dead,
by Irwin Shaw. The production attempts to heighten the
relevancy of the play to modern audiences. The project
experiments with applying contemporary machines and tech-
niques to a dated script containing realistic dialogue, a
dualistic point of view, and a surrealistic idea of dead
soldiers rising from their graves. The task generates a
particular responsibility and challenge in that the use of
contemporary machinery must be carefully chosen in such a
way that it does not interfere with the message of the play.
The thesis is organized into five chapters. The first
chapter is introductory in nature: it reports selected
critical commentary on Shaw's play and its original production,
the choice of the play., a statement of the problem, and the
importance of the play. The second chapter contains an
analysis of the play. It presents an analysis in relation
to the experimental aspects of the production. It further
discusses the director's adaptation in relation to Shaw's
purpose and original intent, Prom this analysis a general
concept of production in reference to the style of presentation
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Holland, Charles Austin. An Analysis and Production Book for a Contemporary Staging of Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead, thesis, August 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164627/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .