Actors and Onlookers: Theater and Twentieth-century Scientific Views of Nature
- ISBN-10
- 0810108364
- ISBN-13
- 9780810108363
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Author
- Natalie Crohn Schmitt
Description
Looks at the scientific basis for theories of drama, and explains how Cage's ideas have affected modern theater.
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