Buch, Englisch, 1534 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 3992 g
Buch, Englisch, 1534 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 3992 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-61511-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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.
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Volume One Prologue: The Romans in Britain Part One: Theatre Before Theatres Interlude: The Queen’s Men Part Two: Open Air Public Theatres Interlude: The boy companies of St Paul’s and the Chapel Royal Part Three: Cavalier Theatre Interlude: Dramatick Opera Part Four: Theatre and Bourgeois Society Interlude: Eighteenth Century Amateur Theatricals Part Five: Theatre and the Enlightenment Interlude: Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee Glossary Index Volume Two Part One: Theatre and the Industrial Revolution Interlude: Punch and Judy Part Two: Romantic Theatre Interlude: Toy Theatres Part Three: Modernist Theatre Interlude: The Art of Edward Gordon Craig’s Theatre Part Four: Commercial Theatre Interlude: Shakespeare Wallahs Part Five: Popular Theatres Interlude: Mumming Plays Part Six: Subsidised Theatre Interlude: Peter Brook and the Empty Space Part Seven: Postdramatic Theatre Epilogue: Digital Theatre Glossary Index