A play is the thing ... - 11/02/00 01:36 AM
I read the beginning of a discussion on plays in the "Indians" thread, and wanted more.
Shanks wrote that Shakespearean plays asked for the willing suspension of disbelief with simple (stupid?) plots. I think Shakespeare's play existed in the characters and the dialogue. Yes, they ask for a suspension of disbelief, which people of yore seem to be able to better than us, but perhaps it's also necessary for plots to be simple, to have a better characterisation.
Other examples that come to mind are Moliere's "The Hypochondriac", Anouilh's "Antigone". Simple plots, great characters. What do you think?
* Aenigma thinks that Shanks should be Shannon as in Williams' "The Night of the Iguana". It knows...
Shanks wrote that Shakespearean plays asked for the willing suspension of disbelief with simple (stupid?) plots. I think Shakespeare's play existed in the characters and the dialogue. Yes, they ask for a suspension of disbelief, which people of yore seem to be able to better than us, but perhaps it's also necessary for plots to be simple, to have a better characterisation.
Other examples that come to mind are Moliere's "The Hypochondriac", Anouilh's "Antigone". Simple plots, great characters. What do you think?
* Aenigma thinks that Shanks should be Shannon as in Williams' "The Night of the Iguana". It knows...