Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521269438
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Holy Theatre
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521269438
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521269438
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Empty Space
Author: Peter Brook
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684829576
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
From director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. As relevant as when it was first published in 1968, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a theatrical performance--of any scale. He describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht's revolutionary alienation technique to the free form happenings of the 1960s, and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war. Passionate, unconventional, and fascinating, this book shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions, and creates lasting memories for its audiences.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684829576
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
From director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. As relevant as when it was first published in 1968, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a theatrical performance--of any scale. He describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht's revolutionary alienation technique to the free form happenings of the 1960s, and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war. Passionate, unconventional, and fascinating, this book shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions, and creates lasting memories for its audiences.
Holy Theatre
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Vodou, a Sacred Theatre
Author: Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot
Publisher: Educa Vision Inc.
ISBN: 1584321776
Category : Haiti
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A work of intellectual weaving and braiding. A series of reflections on ritual, drama, profane, culture, theory and practice and their connections to Haitian Vodou.
Publisher: Educa Vision Inc.
ISBN: 1584321776
Category : Haiti
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A work of intellectual weaving and braiding. A series of reflections on ritual, drama, profane, culture, theory and practice and their connections to Haitian Vodou.
Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire
Author: Austin Glatthorn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009079948
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Packed full of new archival evidence that reveals the interconnected world of music theatre during the 'Classical era', this interdisciplinary study investigates key locations, genres, music, and musicians. Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of Central European theatres; reconstructs the repertoire they shared; and explores how print media, personal correspondence, and their dissemination shaped and regulated this music. He then investigates the development of German melodrama and examines how articulations of the Holy Roman Empire on the musical stage expressed imperial belonging. Glatthorn engages with the most recent historical interpretations of the Holy Roman Empire and offers quantitative, empirical analysis of repertoire supported by conventional close readings to illustrate a shared culture of music theatre that transcended traditional boundaries in music scholarship.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009079948
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Packed full of new archival evidence that reveals the interconnected world of music theatre during the 'Classical era', this interdisciplinary study investigates key locations, genres, music, and musicians. Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of Central European theatres; reconstructs the repertoire they shared; and explores how print media, personal correspondence, and their dissemination shaped and regulated this music. He then investigates the development of German melodrama and examines how articulations of the Holy Roman Empire on the musical stage expressed imperial belonging. Glatthorn engages with the most recent historical interpretations of the Holy Roman Empire and offers quantitative, empirical analysis of repertoire supported by conventional close readings to illustrate a shared culture of music theatre that transcended traditional boundaries in music scholarship.
Dictionary of the Theatre
Author: Patrice Pavis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802081636
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
An encyclopedic dictionary of technical and theoretical terms, the book covers all aspects of a semiotic approach to the theatre, with cross-referenced alphabetical entries ranging from absurd to word scenery.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802081636
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
An encyclopedic dictionary of technical and theoretical terms, the book covers all aspects of a semiotic approach to the theatre, with cross-referenced alphabetical entries ranging from absurd to word scenery.
Star Theatre
Author: William Firebrace
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238886
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Most of us can recall a childhood visit to a planetarium: the sense of anticipation as the room darkens. The stars begin to appear as the voice of an astronomer is heard. In the planetarium, where the audience is transported to distant galaxies, the wondrous complexity of the cosmos combines with entertainment to become a theater of the night. Star Theatre explores the history of the planetarium’s mix of science and spectacle. William Firebrace reveals how in the planetarium, the solar system and universe is demonstrated on an ever-expanding scale. He traces the origins of the building through history, from its antecedents to its invention in Germany in the 1920s, developments in the USSR and the United States, to its expansion across the globe at the time of the space race, and finally to the evolution of the contemporary planetarium in a time of startling astronomical and cosmological discoveries. This concise and well-illustrated history will appeal to astronomy lovers and those interested in architecture, theater, and cinema.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238886
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Most of us can recall a childhood visit to a planetarium: the sense of anticipation as the room darkens. The stars begin to appear as the voice of an astronomer is heard. In the planetarium, where the audience is transported to distant galaxies, the wondrous complexity of the cosmos combines with entertainment to become a theater of the night. Star Theatre explores the history of the planetarium’s mix of science and spectacle. William Firebrace reveals how in the planetarium, the solar system and universe is demonstrated on an ever-expanding scale. He traces the origins of the building through history, from its antecedents to its invention in Germany in the 1920s, developments in the USSR and the United States, to its expansion across the globe at the time of the space race, and finally to the evolution of the contemporary planetarium in a time of startling astronomical and cosmological discoveries. This concise and well-illustrated history will appeal to astronomy lovers and those interested in architecture, theater, and cinema.
Dance and the Body in Western Theatre
Author: Sabine Sörgel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350316458
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
While the body appears in almost all cultural discourses, it is nowhere as visible as in dance. This book captures the resurgence of the dancing body in the second half of the twentieth century by introducing students to the key phenomenological, kinaesthetic and psychological concepts relevant to both theatre and dance studies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350316458
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
While the body appears in almost all cultural discourses, it is nowhere as visible as in dance. This book captures the resurgence of the dancing body in the second half of the twentieth century by introducing students to the key phenomenological, kinaesthetic and psychological concepts relevant to both theatre and dance studies.
Experimental Theatre
Author: James Roose-Evans
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136092447
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
`It is a pleasure to read. Well-written, free of cant, impressively wide-ranging. The book is really an introduction to the avant-garde.' - John Lahr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136092447
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
`It is a pleasure to read. Well-written, free of cant, impressively wide-ranging. The book is really an introduction to the avant-garde.' - John Lahr
Spacetimenarrative
Author: Frank den Oudsten
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754676553
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
space.time.narrative calls for a paradigmatic shift of focus. It puts forward a unique approach, breaking down traditional barriers and offering a wide-ranging theoretical context, redefining and expanding the parameters and the dynamics of the exhibition-format in terms of an open, narrative environment, which at its roots displays deep similarities with performance on stage, or installation in urban and rural space.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754676553
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
space.time.narrative calls for a paradigmatic shift of focus. It puts forward a unique approach, breaking down traditional barriers and offering a wide-ranging theoretical context, redefining and expanding the parameters and the dynamics of the exhibition-format in terms of an open, narrative environment, which at its roots displays deep similarities with performance on stage, or installation in urban and rural space.