The Cambridge Illustrated History Of British Theatre

Author : Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521794307

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Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession and the role of the actor - in fact all aspects of live entertainment. From satire and burlesque to melodrama and pantomime, this is a major history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day. Shifting its focus constantly between those who played and those who watched, between officially approved performance and the popular theatre of the people, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre will be invaluable to anyone interested in theatre, whether student, teacher, performer or spectator.

Author : Jane Milling,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780521650687

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The Cambridge History of British Theatre by Jane Milling,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.) Pdf

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 : Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Baz Kershaw,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521651325

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The Cambridge History of British Theatre by Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Baz Kershaw,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.) Pdf

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Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429873331

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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance by Robert Leach Pdf

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacted with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. Continuing on from the Enlightenment, Volume Two of An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance leads its readers from the drama and performances of the Industrial Revolution to the latest digital theatre. Moving from Punch and Judy, castle spectres and penny showmen to Modernism and Postdramatic Theatre, Leach’s second volume triumphantly completes a collated account of all the British Theatre History knowledge anyone could ever need.

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Theater
ISBN : 0815374828

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Volume 1. From the Romans to the Enlightenment

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Theater
ISBN : 036758039X

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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance by Robert Leach Pdf

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429873362

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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance by Robert Leach Pdf

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacts with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. This first volume spans from the earliest forms of performance to the popular theatres of high society and the Enlightenment, tracing a movement from the outdoor and fringe to the heart of the social world. The Illustrated History acts as an accessible, flexible basis for students of the theatre, and for pure fans of British theatre history there could be no better starting point.

Author : Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.),Baz Kershaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521650403

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The Cambridge History of British Theatre by Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.),Baz Kershaw Pdf

Beginning in Roman Britain and ending with Charles II's restoration to the throne, the nineteen essays that comprise this volume are written by leading British and American scholars.

Author : John Russell Brown
Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192854429

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The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre by John Russell Brown Pdf

A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English drama
ISBN : LCCN:2003055890

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The Cambridge History of British Theatre: Origins to 1660 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jen Harvie,Dan Rebellato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108421805

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The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945 by Jen Harvie,Dan Rebellato Pdf

The definitive guide to post-war British theatre's huge variety and expansion, exploring the diverse contexts that shaped it.

Author : Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Theater
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003286205

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World Theatre by Bamber Gascoigne Pdf

World Theatre covers an enormous range- both spatial and temporal- four thousand years of man's experimentation with and involvement in the theatrical experience. The story is told from the unique vantage point of actual theatre illustrations: sketches, drawings, engravings, paintings, and diagrams.--[book jacket].

Author : Clive Barker,Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052100280X

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New Theatre Quarterly 67: Volume 17, Part 3 by Clive Barker,Simon Trussler Pdf

New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. It shows that theater history has a contemporary relevance, that theater studies need a methodology, and that theater criticism needs a language. The journal publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theater studies.

Author : Darryll Grantley
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810880283

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Historical Dictionary of British Theatre by Darryll Grantley Pdf

British theatre has a greater tradition than any other, having started all the way back in 1311 and still going strong today. But that is too much for one book to cover, so this volume deals with early theatre and has a cut-off date in 1899. Still, this is almost six centuries, centuries during which British theatre not only developed but produced some of the greatest playwrights of all time and anywhere, including obviously Shakespeare but also Marlowe and Shaw. And they wrote some of the finest plays ever, which are known around the world. So there is plenty for this book to cover, just with the playwrights, plays and actors, but it also has information on stagecraft and theatres, as well as the historical and political background. This book has over 1,183 entries in the dictionary section, these being mainly on playwrights and plays, but others as well including managers and critics, and also on specific theatres, legislative acts and some technical jargon. Then there are entries on the different genres, from comedy to tragedy and everything in between. Inevitably, the chronology is quite long as it has a long period to cover and the introduction provides the necessary overview. The Historical Dictionary of Early British Theatre concludes with a pretty massive bibliography. That will be of use to particularly assiduous researchers, but this book itself is a good place to start any research since it covers periods that are far less well-known and documented, and ordinary theatre-goers will also find useful information.

Author : David Wiles,Christine Dymkowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521766364

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The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History by David Wiles,Christine Dymkowski Pdf

A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it.