Panorama of the Red River. Essays on Modern American Theater

Abstract

Seen from a distance, a dramatic work, when well constructed, firstly induces the sharpening of
intuitions. Not just her – it can be said. Intuitive awakening extends to any artistic work. But, in the case of those conceived and written to be taken to the stage, the emergence of sensations is evidenced by the theatrical act itself, by its communicative content, which has in conciseness and a refined sense of synthesis the resources to which the author cannot rely. steal. In a few pages, or acts, or scenes, a conflict must be presented and developed, very different, therefore, from the descriptive artifice of other literary genres.