A study of the struggle between the apollonian facade and the dionysian face in ten plays by Peter Shaffer
Abstract
A Study of the Struggle Between the Apollonian Facade
and the Dionysian Face in Ten Plays by Peter Shaffer
This is a study of the struggle between the Apollonian
facade and the Dionysian face in ten plays by Peter Shaffer.
Chapter One focuses on the destruction of the Apollonian
facade by the Dionysian face in Five Finger Exercise,
Shrivings, and Lettice and Lavage. Chapter Two focuses on
the impositions of the Apollonian facade on the Dionysian
face in The White Liars, Black Comedy, The Private Ear, and
The Public Eye. Chapter Three focuses on the destruction of
the Dionysian face by the Apollonian facade in The Royal
Hunt of the sun, Eguus, and Amadeus.