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Author : Glynne Wickham
Publisher : Phaidon
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043372544
Outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals to the 1990s.
Author : Oscar Gross Brockett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015002143587
Author : Glynne William Gladstone Wickham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Theater
ISBN : OCLC:1035597646
Author : Katarzyna Fazan,Michal Kobialka,Bryce Lease
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 110847649X
Poland is celebrated internationally for its rich and varied performance traditions and theatre histories. This groundbreaking volume is the first in English to engage with these topics across an ambitious scope, incorporating Staropolska, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Enlightenment and Romanticism within its broad ambit. The book also discusses theatre cultures under socialism, the emergence of canonical practitioners and training methods, the development of dramaturgical forms and stage aesthetics and the political transformations attending the ends of the First and Second World Wars. Subjects of far-reaching transnational attention such as Jerzy Grotowski and Tadeusz Kantor are contextualised alongside theatre makers and practices that have gone largely unrecognized by international readers, while the participation of ethnic minorities in the production of national culture is given fresh attention. The essays in this collection theorise broad historical trends, movements, and case studies that extend the discursive limits of Polish national and cultural identity.
Author : Margot Berthold
Publisher : Frederick Ungar
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015038922848
Author : George Freedley,John A. Reeves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Theater
ISBN : LCCN:40029429
Author : Edwin Wilson,Alvin Goldfarb
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015051306853
A history of theater, providing background information on each theatrical era from Ancient Greece through the late twentieth century, and discussing the activities and accomplishments of playwrights, performers, managers, architects, and designers.
Author : Don B. Wilmeth,Christopher Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-02-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521472040
The Cambridge History of American Theatre is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to play writing, directors, performers, and designers. Engaging the theatre as a performance art, a cultural institution, and a fact of American social and political life, the History recognizes changing styles of presentation and performance and addresses the economic context that conditions the drama presented. The History approaches its subject with a full awareness of relevant developments in literary criticism, cultural analysis, and performance theory. At the same time, it is designed to be an accessible, challenging narrative. Volume One deals with the colonial inceptions of American theatre through the post-Civil War period: the European antecedents, the New World influences of the French and Spanish colonists, and the development of uniquely American traditions in tandem with the emergence of national identity.
Author : Jane Milling,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780521650687
Volume Two begins in 1660 with the restoration of King Charles II to the throne and the reestablishment of the professional theater. It follows the far-reaching development of the form over more than two centuries to 1895.
Author : Triffin I. Morris,Gregory DL Morris,Rachel E. Pollock
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351052337
A History of the Theatre Costume Business is the first-ever comprehensive book on the subject, as related by award-winning actors and designers, and first hand by the drapers, tailors, and craftspeople who make the clothes that dazzle on stage. Readers will learn why stage clothes are made today, by whom, and how. They will also learn how today’s shops and ateliers arose from the shops and makers who founded the business. This never-before-told story shows that there is as much drama behind the scenes as there is in the performance: famous actors relate their intimate experiences in the fitting room, the glories of gorgeous costumes, and the mortification when things go wrong, while the costume makers explain how famous shows were created with toil, tears, and sweat, and sometimes even a little blood. This is history told by the people who were present at the creation – some of whom are no longer around to tell their own story. Based on original research and first-hand reporting, A History of the Theatre Costume Business is written for theatre professionals: actors, directors, producers, costume makers, and designers. It is also an excellent resource for all theatregoers who have marveled at the gorgeous dresses and fanciful costumes that create the magic on stage, as well as for the next generation of drapers and designers.
Author : Willem M. Floor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015079172824
Preface -- 1. Marriage in Iran: a family affair -- 2. Temporary marriage: a formal affair -- 3. Prostitution: an extra-marital affair -- 4. Homosexual relations: a common affair -- 5. Venereal diseases in Iran: a public affair -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- Figures
Author : Oscar Gross Brockett,Franklin Joseph Hildy
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015054417434
Having always been an integral part of the sociocultural fabric of our world's communities and civilizations, the theatre today remains an active and poignant institution. Understanding its deep roots and societal variations is the key to comprehending other cultures, our own culture, and common social themes. This book is a cultural resource for all -- from infrequent play-goers to theatre buffs, from aspiring actors to experienced professionals. Providing the most comprehensive chronological survey of the theatre's history as a sociocultural institution, this book is written by two of the most widely respected historians in the field. In this eighth edition of the bestseller, the authors retain all of the traditional features of the book while sharpening, updating and reinterpreting information. They address new revisionist scholarship and add new methodologies, plays and playwrights. Theatre novices or professionals, teachers of theatre, theatre history, history, or the arts, and others interested.
Author : Jonah Salz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1108458165
Japan boasts one of the world's oldest, most vibrant and most influential performance traditions. This accessible and complete history provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese theatre and its continuing global influence. Written by eminent international scholars, it spans the full range of dance-theatre genres over the past fifteen hundred years, including noh theatre, bunraku puppet theatre, kabuki theatre, shingeki modern theatre, rakugo storytelling, vanguard butoh dance and media experimentation. The first part addresses traditional genres, their historical trajectories and performance conventions. Part II covers the spectrum of new genres since Meiji (1868-), and Parts III to VI provide discussions of playwriting, architecture, Shakespeare, and interculturalism, situating Japanese elements within their global theatrical context. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and prints, this history features interviews with key modern directors, an overview of historical scholarship in English and Japanese, and a timeline. A further reading list covers a range of multimedia resources to encourage further explorations.
Author : Liana Chen (Assistant professor)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : China
ISBN : 1621965481
"Theatrical performance occupied a central place in the emotional and political life of the Qing dynasty imperial household. For over two centuries, the Qing court poured a tremendous amount of human and material resources into institutionalizing the theatrical arts for the purposes of entertainment and edification. The emperors and empresses were ardent patrons and key players in establishing an artistic form that the court theatre called its own. They went to great lengths to cultivate a discerning taste in theatre and oversaw the artistic and managerial aspects of court theatrical activities. In the imperial theatrical spaces within and outside the Forbidden City, which were designed and built with the capacity to produce stunning visual effects, theatrical productions were staged to entertain imperial family members and to impress obeisance-paying guests from near and afar. Treating Qing dynasty court theatre as a unique site in which to examine important but uncharted realms of Chinese theatrical experience, Staging for the Emperor examines two distinct and interlocking dimensions of the Qing court theatre-the vicissitudes of the palace troupe and the multifaceted functions of court-commissioned ceremonial dramas-to highlight the diverse array of views held by individual rulers as they used theatrical means to promote their personal and political agendas. Drawing on recently discovered materials from a variety of court administrative bureaus, memoirs, diaries, and play scripts written for court ceremonial occasions, this study places the history of Qing court theatre in the broader context of Qing cultural and political history. Staging for the Emperors would appeal to readers interested in China studies and performance studies. It would also appeal to those outside the field of China studies who are interested in developing a cross-cultural perspective on the interplay between state rituals, power, identity formation, and theatrical experiences"--
Author : Edwin Wilson,Alvin Goldfarb
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0393640205
An accessible, engaging history that brings theatre's past to life.