An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8153-7482-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 660 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1598 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leach, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Andere Darstellende Künste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: The Romans in Britain Part 1: Theatre Before Theatres Interlude: The Queen’s Men Part 2: Open Air Public Theatres Interlude: The boy companies of St Paul’s and the Chapel Royal Part 3: Cavalier Theatre Interlude: Dramatick Opera Part 4: Theatre and Bourgeois Society Interlude: Eighteenth Century Amateur Theatricals Part 5: Theatre and the Enlightenment Interlude: Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Leach has been schoolteacher, political activist, teacher of acting, freelance theatre director and academic. Not only has he taught at Birmingham, Edinburgh and Cumbria universities, he has also acted professionally in Britain and the USA, directed plays in Russia and Britain and published five volumes of poetry.