Croesus And The Witch

Author : Micki Grant,Vinnette Carroll,Marie Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Musicals
ISBN : UCSD:31822015010945

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Croesus and the Witch by Micki Grant,Vinnette Carroll,Marie Thomas Pdf

This collection includes one short and one full-length musical play. CROESUS AND THE WITCH: In this tale based on an African-American fable, Croesus and his brothers are on a search for success and money. They come up with the idea of finding and catching large numbers of deer, which would not only bring them success but would also help the people of the village. On their journey, they are warned many times about the witch Hecuba. With her crafty disguises, she runs into them on several occasions and continuously tries to be a road block on their path to success. The brothers become heroes in the village after bringing an end to Hecuba and her tricky ways. HANSEL AND GRETEL (IN THE 1980S): This play updates the familiar fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm from the 1800s to the 1980s. Hansel and Gretel's stepmother, Irma, has a plan to get rid of them. Using a magic spell she convinces her husband, Herman, to get the children out of the house. Once the children are gone, the animals of the forest work to help Hansel and Gretel get back home and escape from the evil Wilma the Witch. "CROESUS AND THE WITCH is designed as a children's show, but it is one entertainment that families can enjoy." -Mel Gussow, New York Times

Author : Bernard L. Peterson Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313064548

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A Century of Musicals in Black and White by Bernard L. Peterson Jr. Pdf

This comprehensive reference book provides succinct information on almost thirteen hundred musical stage works written and produced from the 1870s to the 1990s involving contributions by black librettists, lyricists, composers, musicians, producers, or performers or containing thematic materials relevant to the black experience. Organized alphabetically, they include tent and outdoor shows, vaudeville, operas and operettas, comedies, farces, spectacles, revues, cabaret and nightclub shows, children's musicals, skits, one-act musicals, one-person shows, and even a musical without songs. In addition to the hundreds of shows independently created, produced, and performed by black writers and theatrical artists, it presents hundreds more representing a collaboration of black and white talents. An appendix organizes the shows chronologically and highlights those that were most significant in the history of the black American musical stage. An extensive bibliography and indexes of names, songs, and subjects complete the work.

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Choreographers
ISBN : 0810857472

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Enter the Playmakers by Thomas S. Hischak Pdf

This companion volume to Enter the Players: New York Stage Actors in the 20th Century explores the careers of over three hundred directors and choreographers who have worked in New York City, giving biographical sketches and listing directing and choreography credits through the year 2005.

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786457311

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Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007 by Dan Dietz Pdf

Despite an often unfair reputation as being less popular, less successful, or less refined than their bona-fide Broadway counterparts, Off Broadway musicals deserve their share of critical acclaim and study. A number of shows originally staged Off Broadway have gone on to their own successful Broadway runs, from the ever-popular A Chorus Line and Rent to more off-beat productions like Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors. And while it remains to be seen if other popular Off Broadway shows like Stomp, Blue Man Group, and Altar Boyz will make it to the larger Broadway theaters, their Off Broadway runs have been enormously successful in their own right. This book discusses more than 1,800 Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, showcase, and workshop musical productions. It includes detailed descriptions of Off Broadway musicals that closed in previews or in rehearsal, selected musicals that opened in Brooklyn and in New Jersey, and American operas that opened in New York, along with general overviews of Off Broadway institutions such as the Light Opera of Manhattan. The typical entry includes the name of the host theater or theaters; the opening date and number of performances; the production's cast and creative team; a list of songs; a brief plot synopsis; and general comments and reviews from the New York critics. Besides the individual entries, the book also includes a preface, a bibliography, and 21 appendices including a discography, filmography, a list of published scripts, and lists of musicals categorized by topic and composer.

Author : Hillary Miller
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810133907

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Drop Dead by Hillary Miller Pdf

Winner, 2017 American Theater and Drama Society John W. Frick Book Award Winner, 2017 ASTR Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theater History Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York offers a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of how the city’s financial crisis shaped theater and performance practices in this turbulent decade and beyond. New York City’s performing arts community suffered greatly from a severe reduction in grants in the mid-1970s. A scholar and playwright, Miller skillfully synthesizes economics, urban planning, tourism, and immigration to create a map of the interconnected urban landscape and to contextualize the struggle for resources. She reviews how numerous theater professionals, including Ellen Stewart of La MaMa E.T.C. and Julie Bovasso, Vinnette Carroll, and Joseph Papp of The Public Theater, developed innovative responses to survive the crisis. Combining theater history and close readings of productions, each of Miller’s chapters is a case study focusing on a company, a production, or an element of New York’s theater infrastructure. Her expansive survey visits Broadway, Off-, Off-Off-, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, community theater, and other locations to bring into focus the large-scale changes wrought by the financial realignments of the day. Nuanced, multifaceted, and engaging, Miller’s lively account of the financial crisis and resulting transformation of the performing arts community offers an essential chronicle of the decade and demonstrates its importance in understanding our present moment.

Author : Phil Carradice
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781399071826

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Witches and Witch Hunts Through the Ages by Phil Carradice Pdf

Witchcraft! Just the mention of the name is enough to cause fear, even terror, in the minds and hearts of many people. But that is not the full story. Yes, there have always been proponents of the 'dark arts,' witches and warlocks willing to use their powers for evil, but the wise men and women of the ancient and medieval world - men and women eager to use their spells and potions for good - have often been overlooked. This book looks at witchcraft from the early days, tracing its development as a pseudo-religious cult, the good and the bad, from the wild plains of Babylon to the present day. It highlights witch scares and individuals, particularly the witch hunts of the medieval period when 100,000 women were accused of witchcraft and nearly 80,000 executed. It examines the concept of witch hunting, detailing the activities of men like Matthew Hopkins, the famous Witchfinder General. The book does not just focus on medieval and ancient witches, it takes in modern witch hunting - with people like Senator Joe McCarthy during his Communist witch hunts of the 1950s - and the continued modern persecution of women and men accused of witchcraft in African, Indian and Caribbean states. This is a detailed account of witches and witchcraft, in many ways a tribute to the thousands of men and women accused and executed without full evidence or proof of evil doing. It is a broad historical sweep that includes fictional characters like Morgan le Fey and Merlin, the magician of King Arthur's court. Thoroughly researched and elegantly written, it is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the social and political history of the past.

Author : Edward Swanson,Minnesota AACR 2 Trainers
Publisher : Lake Crystal, Minn. : Published for the Minnesota AACR 2 Trainers by Soldier Creek Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015025361901

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A Manual of Advanced AACR 2 Examples by Edward Swanson,Minnesota AACR 2 Trainers Pdf

Author : Jesse Paxon Tillson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HX56XL

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The Dramatic Works of a New Author by Jesse Paxon Tillson Pdf

Author : Jesse Paxon Tillson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Autographs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118260251

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The Dramatic Works of a New Author ... Individual American Sentiments by Jesse Paxon Tillson Pdf

Author : Michael Flower
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520259935

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The Seer in Ancient Greece by Michael Flower Pdf

"Surveying all kinds of evidence—historiographical, literary, dramatic, and visual—Flower provides a comprehensive, readable, and engaging account of the operations of 'seers' during the Classical period."—Mark Griffith, editor of Prometheus Bound and Antigone "In a page-turning tour de force of anthropological reconstruction, classicist Michael Flower revisits hundreds of ancient texts to tease out his case for the absolutely central role of seercraft at all levels of ancient Greek society. Thanks to Flower's invitingly-woven tapestry of their mesmerizing stories and anecdotes, we can now savor, and comprehend through his lucid and persuasive interpretations."—Peter Nabokov, author of Where the Lightning Strikes: American Indian Ways of History

Author : Reginald Scot
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547731009

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The Discovery of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot Pdf

The Discovery of Witchcraft is an exposé of the early modern witchcraft. Originally published in 1584, the book was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposed how feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring. Moreover, the book contains a small section which describes how the charlatans were able to fool the public and why the prosecutions of the accused were unwarranted for and un-Christian. The author also provocatively held the Roman church responsible to the prosecutions. The book became highly popular as an exhaustive encyclopaedia of contemporary beliefs about witchcraft, spirits, alchemy, magic, and legerdemain. William Shakespeare also drew from his study of Scot's book hints for his picture of the witches in Macbeth, and Thomas Middleton in his play of The Witch likewise was indebted to this source.

Author : Nancy B. Olson,Edward Swanson
Publisher : DeKalb, Ill. : Media Marketing Group/Minnesota Scholarly Press, Incorporated
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015017914287

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The Complete Cataloging Reference Set by Nancy B. Olson,Edward Swanson Pdf

“This is a book of examples of descriptive cataloging using the Anglo-American cataloguing rules, second edition (AACR 2)”--Introduction, page [i]

Author : Esther Spring Arata
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015025135503

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More Black American Playwrights by Esther Spring Arata Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Theaters
ISBN : UOM:39015067518111

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Theatre Profiles by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Performing arts
ISBN : UOM:39015067516313

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Performing Arts by Anonim Pdf