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Palmer, Richard Hudson was born on August 16, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Upshur and Evelyn May (Cosby) Palmer.
( A basic text for advanced courses in Lighting Design i...)
A basic text for advanced courses in Lighting Design in Theatre departments. New edition reorganizes material, adds coverage on instrumentation and control, and provides new chapter on the Performer. Many new illustrations.
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( Comprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical an...)
Comprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. Critically surveying the similarities and differences among major theories, Palmer analyzes features associated with tragedy, such as the tragic hero, katharsis, and self-recognition; develops a working definition of tragedy; and applies these ideas to a sampling of plays that present special interpretive problems. He incorporates and explores the ideas of such eminent thinkers as Aristotle, Hegel, Nietzche, Schopenhauer, Schiller, Kierkegaard, and Freud, as well as contemporary theorists, who also appear with biographical blurbs in an appendix to the volume along with an extensive bibliography. By examining both tragedy and the theoretical responses to tragedy, this study demonstrates that the definition of tragedy depends on the meaning perceived by an audience rather than on a structured stimulus independent of response; yet, it does not abandon the possibility of isolating fixed defining characteristics. The audience response approach provides a framework for analyzing earlier theories. Systematically developed, the study is equally valuable as a text in drama and criticism or as a convenient reference tool to drama theory and theorists.
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theater educator arts administrator
Palmer, Richard Hudson was born on August 16, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Upshur and Evelyn May (Cosby) Palmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1961. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1963, Doctor of Philosophy, 1965. From instructor to professor
From instructor to professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1964—1980. Professor theatre and speech College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1980, chairman department theatre and speech, 1982—1986, since 1992. General manager Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Williamsburg, 1982—1986.
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Director, designer numerous stage productions Board directors University City school board, Missouri, 1970—1974, president, 1974—1976. Member of Southeast Theatre Conference (board directors 1980-1985), Virginia Theatre Conference (president 1980-1985, Distinguished Service award 1986), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Rebecca Leigh Lewis, June 7, 1961. Children: Virginia, Zachary, Katherine.