Author: Lonny D. Smith
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Footlight Missionaries
Author: Lonny D. Smith
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Behind Spanish American Footlights
Author: Willis Knapp Jones
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477300155
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Across a five-hundred-year sweep of history, Willis Knapp Jones surveys the native drama and the Spanish influence upon it in nineteen South American countries, and traces the development of their national theatres to the 1960s. This volume, filled with a fascinating array of information, sparkles with wit while giving the reader a fact-filled course in the history of Spanish American drama that he can get nowhere else. This is the first book in English ever to consider the theatre of all the Spanish American countries. Even in Spanish, the pioneer study that covers the whole field was also written by Jones. Jones sees the history of a nation in the history of its drama. Pre-Columbian Indians, conquistadores, missionary priests, viceroys, dictators, and national heroes form a background of true drama for the main characters here—those who wrote and produced and acted in the make-believe drama of the times. The theatre mirrors the whole life of the community, Jones believes, and thus he offers information about geography, military events, and economics, and follows the politics of state and church through dramatists’ offerings. Examining the plays of a people down the centuries, he shows how the many cultural elements of both Old and New Worlds have been blended into the distinct national characteristics of each of the Spanish American countries. He does full justice to the subject he loves. A lively storyteller, he adds tidbits of spice and laughter, long-buried vignettes of history, tales of politics and drama, stories of high and low life, plots of plays, bits of verse, accounts of dalliance and of hard work, and sad and happy endings of rulers and peons, dramatists, actors, and clowns. A valuable appendix is a selected reading guide, listing the outstanding works of important Spanish American dramatists. A generous bibliography is a useful addition for scholars.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477300155
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Across a five-hundred-year sweep of history, Willis Knapp Jones surveys the native drama and the Spanish influence upon it in nineteen South American countries, and traces the development of their national theatres to the 1960s. This volume, filled with a fascinating array of information, sparkles with wit while giving the reader a fact-filled course in the history of Spanish American drama that he can get nowhere else. This is the first book in English ever to consider the theatre of all the Spanish American countries. Even in Spanish, the pioneer study that covers the whole field was also written by Jones. Jones sees the history of a nation in the history of its drama. Pre-Columbian Indians, conquistadores, missionary priests, viceroys, dictators, and national heroes form a background of true drama for the main characters here—those who wrote and produced and acted in the make-believe drama of the times. The theatre mirrors the whole life of the community, Jones believes, and thus he offers information about geography, military events, and economics, and follows the politics of state and church through dramatists’ offerings. Examining the plays of a people down the centuries, he shows how the many cultural elements of both Old and New Worlds have been blended into the distinct national characteristics of each of the Spanish American countries. He does full justice to the subject he loves. A lively storyteller, he adds tidbits of spice and laughter, long-buried vignettes of history, tales of politics and drama, stories of high and low life, plots of plays, bits of verse, accounts of dalliance and of hard work, and sad and happy endings of rulers and peons, dramatists, actors, and clowns. A valuable appendix is a selected reading guide, listing the outstanding works of important Spanish American dramatists. A generous bibliography is a useful addition for scholars.
The American Missionary
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Society's Executive committee, 1883/84-1907/1908.
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Society's Executive committee, 1883/84-1907/1908.
Footlights and Spotlights
Author: Otis Skinner
Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobb-Merrill Company [c1924]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobb-Merrill Company [c1924]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Monarchs, Missionaries and African Intellectuals
Author: Bhekizizwe Peterson
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868143287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Centred on the Mariannhill Mission and the Bantu Dramatic Society, Peterson examines the early development of black theatre in South Africa and the entanglements of different intellectual traditions. He highlights the intellectual formation of the early African elite in relation to colonial authority and how they affected each other.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868143287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Centred on the Mariannhill Mission and the Bantu Dramatic Society, Peterson examines the early development of black theatre in South Africa and the entanglements of different intellectual traditions. He highlights the intellectual formation of the early African elite in relation to colonial authority and how they affected each other.
Publication
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
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Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop
Author: Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
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Category : Anglican Communion
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Anglican Communion
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The Christian treasury (and missionary review).
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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