Diaz, Roland Joshua2018-02-052018-02-0512/30/1990http://hdl.handle.net/11274/9087A 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.en-USPeter ShafferRhetoricLanguage, literature, and linguisticsThesis