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Routledge Revivals The Anatomy of Drama This title, first published in 1960, is intended primarily to increase the understanding of drama among those who do not have easy access to the live theatre and who, therefore, study plays mainly in print. The author’s emphasis is on Shakespeare, but most forms of drama receive some attention. A lucid and lively study of the techniques of plot, dialogue and characterization will help the reader to a deeper appre- ciated of the problems and successes of the dramatist. This page intentionally left blank The Anatomy of Drama Marjorie Boulton I Routledge sp sss's'sm''s's''ss'' Taylor & Francis Group Firstpublishedin1960 byRoutledge&KeganPaulLtd Thiseditionfirstpublishedin2013byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©1960MarjorieBoulton TherightofMarjorieBoultontobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedbyherinaccordancewithsections77and78oftheCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now knownor hereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orin any informationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe publishers. Publisher’sNote Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthisreprintbut pointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsintheoriginalcopiesmaybeapparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondencefromthosetheyhavebeenunabletocontact. ALibraryofCongressrecordexistsunderLCcontrolnumber:76398638 ISBN13:978-0-415-72250-6(hbk) ISBN13:978-1-315-85824-1(ebk) THE ANATOMY OF DRAMA by MARJORIE BOULTON ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL LONDON, BOSTON AND HENLEY Firstpublishedin 1960 by Routledge& Kegan PaulLimited 39 Store Street London. WC1E 7DD, Broadway House, Newtown Road Henley-on-Thames Oxon. RG9 1ENand 9 Park Street Boston, Mass. 02108, USA Reprinted1963, 1968, 1971, 1977and 1980 Printedin Great Britain by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd Thetford, Norfolk © Marjorie Boulton 1960 Nopart ofthis book maybereproduced in anyform withoutpermissionfrom thepublisher, except.for the quotation ofhriefpassages in criticism [SEN0 710011016 (c) [SEN0 710060904 (p) To FREDA SACHSE with love This page intentionally left blank FOREWORD T HIS small bookisnotintendedasanoriginalcontribu tion to literary criticism; it is no more than a popu larization; but I hope it may also be no less. Its aim is: to help the person with no access, or rare access, to the professionaltheatre,towardsaclearernotionofthefunction and nature ofdrama and a greaterenjoyment ofplays. It is intended especially for older schoolchildren, students and others who, for examination purposes, are obliged, not to seeplaysforpleasure,buttostudythetextofplaysindetail. This, as well as his genius, accountsfor thehighproportion of attention given to Shakespeare. I have tried, in fact, to write the book on drama that I wish I had read whenI was about fourteen. RelativelyfewpeopleinEnglandtodaycanseestageplays at all frequently. Such is our splendid library service, how ever, that hardly any literate person is unable to read as many plays as anyone may reasonably wish. This book is mostly for the reader of plays; it may, I hope, make the readingofplaysamoresatisfyingexperience-andthestudy ofset plays for examinations rather more meaningful. I am most grateful to the following for their kind per mission to use copyright material: Christopher Fry and Oxford University Press, for two pas sagesfromTheLady'sNot For Burning. Messrs. Chatto and Windus for two passages from A. A. Milne's To Have the Honour. Terence RattiganandA. D. Petersfor thepassagefromThe Browning Version. vii
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