Blockbusters Of Victorian Theater 1850 1910

Author : Paul Fryer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476649429

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Blockbusters of Victorian Theater, 1850-1910 by Paul Fryer Pdf

This edited collection of essays details a wide-ranging selection of some of the most sensationally successful theatre productions of the long Victorian era, the real "blockbusters" of the age. Ranging from the world of operetta and music hall to spectacular drama and sensational melodrama, the productions included provide the reader with definitive proof that the phenomenon of the "smash hit" show is not restricted to modern Broadway. This is a world that encompassed the ground-breaking stage technology of Ben Hur, the wide political impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the sheer creative originality of L'Enfant Prodigue. Supporting the "star" system, productions featured some of the greatest names of the period - Sir Henry Irving, Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, James O'Neill and Dion Boucicault. This was the very dawning of a new media age, which saw many of the productions transfer to the new world of silent cinema for the very first time

Author : Paul Fryer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476681665

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Blockbusters of Victorian Theater, 1850-1910 by Paul Fryer Pdf

This edited collection of essays details a wide-ranging selection of some of the most sensationally successful theatre productions of the long Victorian era, the real "blockbusters" of the age. Ranging from the world of operetta and music hall to spectacular drama and sensational melodrama, the productions included provide the reader with definitive proof that the phenomenon of the "smash hit" show is not restricted to modern Broadway. This is a world that encompassed the ground-breaking stage technology of Ben Hur, the wide political impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the sheer creative originality of L'Enfant Prodigue. Supporting the "star" system, productions featured some of the greatest names of the period - Sir Henry Irving, Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, James O'Neill and Dion Boucicault. This was the very dawning of a new media age, which saw many of the productions transfer to the new world of silent cinema for the very first time

Author : Michael R. Booth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317389460

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Victorian Spectacular Theatre 1850-1910 by Michael R. Booth Pdf

Originally published in 1981. This study concentrates on one aspect of Victorian theatre production in the second half of the nineteenth century – the spectacular, which came to dominate certain kinds of production during that period. A remarkably consistent style, it was used for a variety of dramatic forms, although surrounded by critical controversy. The book considers the theories and practice of spectacle production as well as the cultural and artistic movements that created the favourable conditions in which spectacle could dominate such large areas of theatre for so many years. It also discusses the growth of spectacle and the taste of the public for it, examining the influence of painting, archaeology, history, and the trend towards realism in stage production. An explanation of the working of spectacle in Shakespeare, pantomime and melodrama is followed by detailed reconstructions of the spectacle productions of Irving’s Faust and Beerbohm Tree’s King Henry VIII.

Author : Tony Lidington
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000686197

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“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties by Tony Lidington Pdf

• The book demonstrates how a vernacular British performance form emerged as a hybrid of forms from Afro-American and minstrel, as well as French mime and Italian commedia dell’arte roots. • Theatre history is an essential part of theatre and drama courses across the UK and would be recommended reading. • There is no comparable book which makes critical analysis of British pierrot troupes and concert parties in existence – the only ones that do exist on the specific topic are written as reminiscence and anecdote.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110873861

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Nineteenth-century Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael R. Booth
Publisher : London : Society for Theatre Research
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118292577

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Victorian Theatrical Trades by Michael R. Booth Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1688 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015078261750

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Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Southern
Publisher : Newton Abbot : David & Charles
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015011031427

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The Victorian Theatre by Richard Southern Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : NYPL:33433036434284

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The Film Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Whiteoak
Publisher : Currency Press
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114320018

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Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia by John Whiteoak Pdf

This publication is unique in its comprehensiveness and recognision of cultural diversity and a broad notion of community. It covers the history of concert music, opera, ballet, music teaching, composition, instruments, venues, union activity, Aboriginal music, and all forms of popular and folk music and dance. It embraces the wide variety of immigrant influences from Europe, America and particularly the Pacific. There's sound art, computer music, electroacoustics, belly dance, debutante balls, subcultures, music videos and much more. Over two hundred academics, practitioners and private researchers from all parts of Australia and beyond are among this book's contributors.

Author : Annette Förster
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789048524518

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Women in the Silent Cinema by Annette Förster Pdf

This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America. Annette Förster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne Solser; an exploration of the stage and screen careers of French actress and filmmaker Musidora and Canadian-born actress and filmmaker Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and the silent cinema from the perspective of women at work in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch stage and screen comedy, the French revue and the American Northwest drama of the 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research.

Author : Robert Morris Seiler,Tamara Palmer Seiler
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926836997

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Reel Time by Robert Morris Seiler,Tamara Palmer Seiler Pdf

In this authoritative work, Seiler and Seiler argues that the establishment and development of moviegoing and movie exhibition in Prairie Canada is best understood in the context of changing late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century social, economic, and technological developments. From the first entrepreneurs who attempted to lure customers in to movie exhibition halls, to the digital revolution and its impact on moviegoing, Reel Time highlights the pivotal role of amusement venues in shaping the leisure activities of working- and middle-class people across North America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433088045046

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New York Star by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Kenrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474267021

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Musical Theatre by John Kenrick Pdf

Musical Theatre: A History is a new revised edition of a proven core text for college and secondary school students – and an insightful and accessible celebration of twenty-five centuries of great theatrical entertainment. As an educator with extensive experience in professional theatre production, author John Kenrick approaches the subject with a unique appreciation of musicals as both an art form and a business. Using anecdotes, biographical profiles, clear definitions, sample scenes and select illustrations, Kenrick focuses on landmark musicals, and on the extraordinary talents and business innovators who have helped musical theatre evolve from its roots in the dramas of ancient Athens all the way to the latest hits on Broadway and London's West End. Key improvements to the second edition: · A new foreword by Oscar Hammerstein III, a critically acclaimed historian and member of a family with deep ties to the musical theatre, is included · The 28 chapters are reformatted for the typical 14 week, 28 session academic course, as well as for a two semester, once-weekly format, making it easy for educators to plan a syllabus and reading assignments. · To make the book more interactive, each chapter includes suggested listening and reading lists, designed to help readers step beyond the printed page to experience great musicals and performers for themselves. A comprehensive guide to musical theatre as an international phenomenon, Musical Theatre: A History is an ideal textbook for university and secondary school students.

Author : John Michael Sefel,Amanda Slamcik Lassetter,Jill Summerville
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781476642208

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At the Intersection of Disability and Drama by John Michael Sefel,Amanda Slamcik Lassetter,Jill Summerville Pdf

"Cripples ain't supposed to be happy" sings Anita Hollander, balancing on her single leg and grinning broadly. This moment--from her multi-award-winning one-woman show, Still Standing--captures the essence of this theatre anthology. Hollander and nineteen other playwright-performers craftily subvert and smash stereotypes about how those within the disability community should look, think, and behave. Utilizing the often-conflicting tools of Critical Disability Studies and Medical Humanities, these plays and their accompanying essays approach disability as a vast, intersectional demographic, which ties individuals together less by whatever impairment, difference, or non-normative condition they experience, and more by their daily need to navigate a world that wasn't built for them. From race, gender, and sexuality to education, dating, and pandemics, these plays reveal there is no aspect of human life that does not, in some way, intersect with disability.