The Cambridge History of British Theatre
Author | : Jane Milling |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : 0521650682 |
Publisher Description
Download The Cambridge History Of British Theatre full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free The Cambridge History Of British Theatre ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Jane Milling |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : 0521650682 |
Publisher Description
Author | : Jane Milling |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-03-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781107497078 |
Volume One of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part One treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part Two focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part Three on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life: a vivid subject vividly presented.
Author | : Simon Trussler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2000-09-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521794305 |
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 | : Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 1998-02-28 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521472043 |
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 | : Peter Thomson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2006-09-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521839254 |
Publisher description
Author | : David Wiles |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2012-12-13 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1107494311 |
Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse international team of contributors investigates how theatre history has been constructed, showing how historical facts are tied to political and artistic agendas and explaining why history matters to us. Beginning with an introduction to the central narrative that traditionally informs our understanding of what theatre is, the book then turns to alternative points of view - from other parts of the world and from the perspective of performers in fields such as music-theatre and circus. It concludes by looking at how history is written in the 'democratic' age of the Internet and offers a new perspective on theatre history in our globalised world.
Author | : Janette Dillon |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 2006-06-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521834740 |
An accessible introduction to early English theatre, from the late medieval period to 1642.
Author | : Richard Schoch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1107166926 |
A study of British theatre historiography, from its origins in the Restoration to its development as an academic discipline in the twentieth century.
Author | : Kerry Powell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2004-02-19 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1139826425 |
This 2004 Companion is designed for readers interested in the creation, production and interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian theatre, both in its own time and on the contemporary stage. The volume opens with a brief overview and introduction surveying the theatre of the time followed by an essay contextualizing the theatre within the frame of Victorian and Edwardian culture as a whole. Succeeding chapters examine specific aspects of performance, production, and theatre, including the music, the actors, stagecraft and the audiences themselves; plays and playwriting and issues of class and gender are also explored. Chapters also deal with comedy, farce and melodrama, while other essays bring forward new topics and approaches that cross the boundaries of traditional investigation, including analysis of the economics of theatre and of the theatricality of personal identity.