"On stage in five minutes, Mr Rommel!"
Having a look at the Index to theses, I found the following thesis abstract:
World War II as theatre.
Lande, N., 1992, A6
Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin, 42-7793
The dissertation uses theoretical underpinnings developed in the theater and in social psychology to analyze World War II, demonstrating that the War needs to be seen from a dramaturgical perspective and, in fact, recognized as theater if its full significance is to be grasped...
Essentially, this dissertation finds that World War II is a series of distinctly dramaturgical events and is itself a five-act play of Brechtian, epic-theater scope.
World War II as theatre.
Lande, N., 1992, A6
Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin, 42-7793
The dissertation uses theoretical underpinnings developed in the theater and in social psychology to analyze World War II, demonstrating that the War needs to be seen from a dramaturgical perspective and, in fact, recognized as theater if its full significance is to be grasped...
Essentially, this dissertation finds that World War II is a series of distinctly dramaturgical events and is itself a five-act play of Brechtian, epic-theater scope.