Author: Virginia Alison Willems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Henry Irving and the Meininger
Author: Virginia Alison Willems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Henry Irving
Author: Richard Foulkes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317218809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Henry Irving (1838-1905), the first actor to be knighted, dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor, he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation, his somewhat ungainly physique, and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and villainy. He was also the director of spectacular, and commercially driven, entertainments and as the manager of the Lyceum theatre, he controlled every aspect of the performance. First published in 2008, this collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving’s art: his acting, his contribution to the plays he commissioned, his flair for the stage picture, and his ear for incidental music. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of theatre.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317218809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Henry Irving (1838-1905), the first actor to be knighted, dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor, he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation, his somewhat ungainly physique, and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and villainy. He was also the director of spectacular, and commercially driven, entertainments and as the manager of the Lyceum theatre, he controlled every aspect of the performance. First published in 2008, this collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving’s art: his acting, his contribution to the plays he commissioned, his flair for the stage picture, and his ear for incidental music. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of theatre.
"It was Play Or Starve"
Author: John Hanners
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879725877
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Unearths the personalities and experiences of touring and itinerant popular entertainers in 19th-century America. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, describes life and work on the showboats, among the small towns, and in the big cities; and the financial difficulties, the physical dangers, the social prejudices, and cultural barriers. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879725877
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Unearths the personalities and experiences of touring and itinerant popular entertainers in 19th-century America. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, describes life and work on the showboats, among the small towns, and in the big cities; and the financial difficulties, the physical dangers, the social prejudices, and cultural barriers. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Shakespeare Survey
Author: Stanley Wells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523738
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523738
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
British Theatre
Author: John P. Cavanagh
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Nights That Shook the Stage
Author: Dwayne Brenna
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650144
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Some of the most raucous evenings in the history of theater are chronicled in this lively discussion of occasions when theater-makers changed the course of theatrical, and sometimes world, history. Covering a wide range of events from the inauspicious opening of Oedipus Rexin Athens, to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., to the violence-riddled performance of Halla Bol in New Delhi, this book offers detailed and studied observations of specific minutes, hours, and days on the stage. For each staging covered, the author examines the reactions of critics and the public and tells the inside story, identifies the key players, and examines why these events still resound today.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650144
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Some of the most raucous evenings in the history of theater are chronicled in this lively discussion of occasions when theater-makers changed the course of theatrical, and sometimes world, history. Covering a wide range of events from the inauspicious opening of Oedipus Rexin Athens, to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., to the violence-riddled performance of Halla Bol in New Delhi, this book offers detailed and studied observations of specific minutes, hours, and days on the stage. For each staging covered, the author examines the reactions of critics and the public and tells the inside story, identifies the key players, and examines why these events still resound today.
Looking at Shakespeare
Author: Dennis Kennedy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521785488
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Most studies of the performance of Shakespeare's work concentrate on how the text has been played and what meanings have been conveyed through acting and interpretive directing. Dennis Kennedy demonstrates that much of audience response is determined by the visual representation, which is normally more immediate and direct than the aural conveyance of a text. Ranging widely over productions in Britain, Europe, Japan and North America, Kennedy gives a thorough account of the main scenographic movements of the century, investigating how the visual relates to Shakespeare on the stage. The second edition of this acclaimed history includes a new chapter on Shakespeare performance in the 1990s, bringing the story up to date by drawing on examples from a wide international field. There are more than twenty new illustrations, some of them in colour (bringing the total number of illustrations to almost 200), and previous references have been updated.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521785488
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Most studies of the performance of Shakespeare's work concentrate on how the text has been played and what meanings have been conveyed through acting and interpretive directing. Dennis Kennedy demonstrates that much of audience response is determined by the visual representation, which is normally more immediate and direct than the aural conveyance of a text. Ranging widely over productions in Britain, Europe, Japan and North America, Kennedy gives a thorough account of the main scenographic movements of the century, investigating how the visual relates to Shakespeare on the stage. The second edition of this acclaimed history includes a new chapter on Shakespeare performance in the 1990s, bringing the story up to date by drawing on examples from a wide international field. There are more than twenty new illustrations, some of them in colour (bringing the total number of illustrations to almost 200), and previous references have been updated.
The Director & The Stage
Author: Edward Braun
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408149257
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Beginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century - Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Artuaud and Grotowski. Braun's guide is more practical than theoretical, delineating how each director changed the tradition that came before him.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408149257
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Beginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century - Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Artuaud and Grotowski. Braun's guide is more practical than theoretical, delineating how each director changed the tradition that came before him.
Drama
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare
Author: John Russell Brown
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134146485
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story to tell as it explores a new and revitalising approach to the most familiar works in the English language. A must-have work of reference for students of both Shakespeare and theatre, this book presents some of the most acclaimed productions of the last hundred years in a variety of cultural and political contexts. Each entry describes a director’s own theatrical vision, and methods of rehearsal and production. These studies chart the extraordinary feats of interpretation and innovation that have given Shakespeare’s plays enduring life in the theatre. Notable entries include: Ingmar Bergman * Peter Brook * Declan Donnellan * Tyrone Guthrie * Peter Hall * Fritz Kortner * Robert Lepage * Joan Littlewood * Ninagawa Yukio * Joseph Papp * Roger Planchon * Max Reinhardt * Giorgio Strehler * Deborah Warner * Orson Welles * Franco Zeffirelli
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134146485
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story to tell as it explores a new and revitalising approach to the most familiar works in the English language. A must-have work of reference for students of both Shakespeare and theatre, this book presents some of the most acclaimed productions of the last hundred years in a variety of cultural and political contexts. Each entry describes a director’s own theatrical vision, and methods of rehearsal and production. These studies chart the extraordinary feats of interpretation and innovation that have given Shakespeare’s plays enduring life in the theatre. Notable entries include: Ingmar Bergman * Peter Brook * Declan Donnellan * Tyrone Guthrie * Peter Hall * Fritz Kortner * Robert Lepage * Joan Littlewood * Ninagawa Yukio * Joseph Papp * Roger Planchon * Max Reinhardt * Giorgio Strehler * Deborah Warner * Orson Welles * Franco Zeffirelli