Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Concise History of Theatre
Author: Jim Aris Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780205930043
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
"This streamlined, engaging text helps students understand the events, places and people that have influenced the history of theatre... Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Identify the major time periods and geographic areas associated with the history of theatre; Distinguish relevant characteristics of theatre in diverse times and places; Describe the underlying cultural, economic, and political environments as they affected theatre in different times and places; Associate major participants who made theatre within their historical and regional context."--Publisher description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780205930043
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
"This streamlined, engaging text helps students understand the events, places and people that have influenced the history of theatre... Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Identify the major time periods and geographic areas associated with the history of theatre; Distinguish relevant characteristics of theatre in diverse times and places; Describe the underlying cultural, economic, and political environments as they affected theatre in different times and places; Associate major participants who made theatre within their historical and regional context."--Publisher description.
The Concise History of Theatre
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature – here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history, global in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre to the fascinating variety of forms that it has taken in our own age.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature – here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history, global in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre to the fascinating variety of forms that it has taken in our own age.
The Theatre: A Concise History
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Theatre
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500203125
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Traces the development of drama from the Greek and Roman theater to the present, and discusses theaters, set and costume designs, actors, actresses, and playwrights
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500203125
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Traces the development of drama from the Greek and Roman theater to the present, and discusses theaters, set and costume designs, actors, actresses, and playwrights
The Theatre
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
Author: John Russell Brown
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780192854421
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780192854421
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.
The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
Author: David Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521766362
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521766362
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it.
The Musical, Second Edition
Author: Kurt Gänzl
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438487525
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century ballad operas to nineteenth-century operettas, to the Golden Age of Broadway to today. In this comprehensive history, master theater historian Kurt Gänzl draws on his vast knowledge of the productions, the actors, the music and dance, and the reception of the central repertory of the musical theater. Focus boxes on key shows are included in every chapter, along with a chronology of the major musical productions described in the text. Production photographs from around the world enhance the descriptions of the costumes and staging. This book is an ideal introduction for college-level courses on the History of Musical Theater and will also appeal to the general theatergoer who wants to learn more about how today’s musical developed from its earliest roots.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438487525
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century ballad operas to nineteenth-century operettas, to the Golden Age of Broadway to today. In this comprehensive history, master theater historian Kurt Gänzl draws on his vast knowledge of the productions, the actors, the music and dance, and the reception of the central repertory of the musical theater. Focus boxes on key shows are included in every chapter, along with a chronology of the major musical productions described in the text. Production photographs from around the world enhance the descriptions of the costumes and staging. This book is an ideal introduction for college-level courses on the History of Musical Theater and will also appeal to the general theatergoer who wants to learn more about how today’s musical developed from its earliest roots.
Theatre, Youth, and Culture
Author: Manon van de Water
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137056657
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances (social, cultural, economic, ideological, and political) under which theatre for children and youth is generated and perceived. This book explores different aspect of theatre for young audiences using examples from theatrical events globally.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137056657
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances (social, cultural, economic, ideological, and political) under which theatre for children and youth is generated and perceived. This book explores different aspect of theatre for young audiences using examples from theatrical events globally.
History of Theatre
Author: Neil Grant
Publisher: Hamlyn (UK)
ISBN: 9780600596325
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this sweeping chronicle of plays and performances, key dramatists, major actors, and important critics take their bows, backed up by memorable quotations and more than 150 illustrations. “A real treat...includes a mixture of literary, archaeological, and historical evidence, and...metaphorical prose provides a pleasurable and insightful discussion of theater in a social context...an attractive, quality coffee-table book meant for browsing.”—Library Journal.
Publisher: Hamlyn (UK)
ISBN: 9780600596325
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this sweeping chronicle of plays and performances, key dramatists, major actors, and important critics take their bows, backed up by memorable quotations and more than 150 illustrations. “A real treat...includes a mixture of literary, archaeological, and historical evidence, and...metaphorical prose provides a pleasurable and insightful discussion of theater in a social context...an attractive, quality coffee-table book meant for browsing.”—Library Journal.