Author: Henry Saxe Wyndham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre from 1732 to 1897
Author: Henry Saxe Wyndham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre from 1732 to 1897
Author: Henry Saxe Wyndham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108068685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Published in 1906, this well-illustrated two-volume history of an illustrious cultural venue celebrates its legendary personalities and productions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108068685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Published in 1906, this well-illustrated two-volume history of an illustrious cultural venue celebrates its legendary personalities and productions.
Henry Fothergill Chorley
Author: Robert Terrell Bledsoe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042984395X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
First published in 1998, this book focuses on the once celebrated but now neglected musical journalism of Henry Forthergill Chorley. For nearly forty years he effectively used his acerbic pen and idiosyncratic critical judgments to celebrate the works of Rossini, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Sullivan, and to scorn those of Schumann , Verdi and Wagner. This book also discusses his friendships with literary figures such as Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Felicia Hemans, as well as his ongoing efforts to establish himself as a novelist as well as a journalist.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042984395X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
First published in 1998, this book focuses on the once celebrated but now neglected musical journalism of Henry Forthergill Chorley. For nearly forty years he effectively used his acerbic pen and idiosyncratic critical judgments to celebrate the works of Rossini, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Sullivan, and to scorn those of Schumann , Verdi and Wagner. This book also discusses his friendships with literary figures such as Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Felicia Hemans, as well as his ongoing efforts to establish himself as a novelist as well as a journalist.
The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald
Author: Ben P Robertson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000743829
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000743829
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.
Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations
Author: Marina Gerzic
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000073122
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, his works continue to not only fill playhouses around the world, but also be adapted in various forms for consumption in popular culture, including in film, television, comics and graphic novels, and digital media. Drawing on theories of play and adaptation, Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations demonstrates how the practices of Shakespearean adaptations are frequently products of playful, and sometimes irreverent, engagements that allow new ‘Shakespeares’ to emerge, revealing Shakespeare’s ongoing impact in popular culture. Significantly, this collection explores the role of play in the construction of meaning in Shakespearean adaptations—adaptations of both the works of Shakespeare, and of Shakespeare the man—and contributes to the growing scholarly interest in playfulness both past and present. The chapters in Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations engage with the diverse ways that play is used in Shakespearean adaptations on stage, screen, and page, examining how these adaptations draw out existing humour in Shakespeare’s works, the ways that play is used as a pedagogical aid to help explain complex language, themes, and emotions found in Shakespeare’s works, and more generally how play and playfulness can make Shakespeare ‘relatable,’ ‘relevant,’ and entertaining for successive generations of audiences and readers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000073122
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, his works continue to not only fill playhouses around the world, but also be adapted in various forms for consumption in popular culture, including in film, television, comics and graphic novels, and digital media. Drawing on theories of play and adaptation, Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations demonstrates how the practices of Shakespearean adaptations are frequently products of playful, and sometimes irreverent, engagements that allow new ‘Shakespeares’ to emerge, revealing Shakespeare’s ongoing impact in popular culture. Significantly, this collection explores the role of play in the construction of meaning in Shakespearean adaptations—adaptations of both the works of Shakespeare, and of Shakespeare the man—and contributes to the growing scholarly interest in playfulness both past and present. The chapters in Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations engage with the diverse ways that play is used in Shakespearean adaptations on stage, screen, and page, examining how these adaptations draw out existing humour in Shakespeare’s works, the ways that play is used as a pedagogical aid to help explain complex language, themes, and emotions found in Shakespeare’s works, and more generally how play and playfulness can make Shakespeare ‘relatable,’ ‘relevant,’ and entertaining for successive generations of audiences and readers.
Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914
Author: Edith Hall
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191541419
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated book offers the first full, interdisciplinary investigation of the historical evidence for the presence of ancient Greek tragedy in the post-Restoration British theatre, where it reached a much wider audience - including women - than had access to the original texts. Archival research has excavated substantial amounts of new material, both visual and literary, which is presented in chronological order. But the fundamental aim is to explain why Greek tragedy, which played an elite role in the curricula of largely conservative schools and universities, was magnetically attractive to political radicals, progressive theatre professionals, and to the aesthetic avant-garde. All Greek has been translated, and the book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Greek tragedy, the reception of ancient Greece and Rome, theatre history, British social history, English studies, or comparative literature.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191541419
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated book offers the first full, interdisciplinary investigation of the historical evidence for the presence of ancient Greek tragedy in the post-Restoration British theatre, where it reached a much wider audience - including women - than had access to the original texts. Archival research has excavated substantial amounts of new material, both visual and literary, which is presented in chronological order. But the fundamental aim is to explain why Greek tragedy, which played an elite role in the curricula of largely conservative schools and universities, was magnetically attractive to political radicals, progressive theatre professionals, and to the aesthetic avant-garde. All Greek has been translated, and the book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Greek tragedy, the reception of ancient Greece and Rome, theatre history, British social history, English studies, or comparative literature.
Artistic Responses to Travel in the Western Tradition
Author: Sarah J. Lippert
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351174061
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In an era when ease of travel is greater than ever, it is also easy to overlook the degree to which voyages of the body – and mind – have generated an outpouring of artistry and creativity throughout the ages. Exploration of new lands and sensations is a fundamental human experience. This volume in turn provides a stimulating and adventurous exploration of the theme of travel from an art-historical perspective. Topical regions are covered ranging from the Grand Tour and colonialism to the travels of Hadrian in ancient times and Georgia O’Keeffe’s journey to the Andes; from Vasari’s Neoplatonic voyages to photographing nineteenth-century Japan. The scholars assembled consider both imaginary travel, as well as factual or embellished documentation of voyages. The essays are far-reaching spatially and temporally, but all relate to how art has documented the theme of travel in varying media across time and as illustrated and described by writers, artists, and illustrators. The scope of this volume is far-reaching both chronologically and conceptually, thereby appropriately documenting the universality of the theme to human experience.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351174061
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In an era when ease of travel is greater than ever, it is also easy to overlook the degree to which voyages of the body – and mind – have generated an outpouring of artistry and creativity throughout the ages. Exploration of new lands and sensations is a fundamental human experience. This volume in turn provides a stimulating and adventurous exploration of the theme of travel from an art-historical perspective. Topical regions are covered ranging from the Grand Tour and colonialism to the travels of Hadrian in ancient times and Georgia O’Keeffe’s journey to the Andes; from Vasari’s Neoplatonic voyages to photographing nineteenth-century Japan. The scholars assembled consider both imaginary travel, as well as factual or embellished documentation of voyages. The essays are far-reaching spatially and temporally, but all relate to how art has documented the theme of travel in varying media across time and as illustrated and described by writers, artists, and illustrators. The scope of this volume is far-reaching both chronologically and conceptually, thereby appropriately documenting the universality of the theme to human experience.
The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald Vol 1
Author: Ben P Robertson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000748804
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000748804
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.
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Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518245
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
An illustrated collection of new essays with valuable reference material on the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518245
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
An illustrated collection of new essays with valuable reference material on the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays.