Author: Kimberly Poppiti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351382373
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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A History of Equestrian Drama in the United States documents the history of equestrian drama in the United States and clarifies the multi-faceted significance of the form and of the related stage machinery developed to produce hippodramas. The development of equestrian drama is traced from its origins and influences in the sixteenth century, through the height of the form’s popularity at the turn of the twentieth century. Analysis of the historical significance of the genre within the larger context of U.S. theatre, the elucidation of the importance of the horse to theatre, and an evaluation of the lasting impact on theatre technology are also included.
Author: John Evelyn
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Author: John Evelyn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108078834
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 475
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A three-volume 1906 edition of the memoirs and diary of Stuart writer John Evelyn, up to his death in 1706.
Author: Kimberly Poppiti
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000636550
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas. It includes four annotated plays: Timour the Tartar by Matthew G. Lewis, The Battle of Waterloo by J. H. Amherst, Mazeppa by Henry M. Milner, and The Whip by Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh. An introduction precedes the collection, providing the information necessary to understand and contextualize the genre and the plays as both written and performance texts, and within the time period of their original productions, as well as within the larger histories of theatre and equestrian entertainments. Additional related plays are identified, excerpted, and explored, providing readers with a wide range of examples to better understand the development and significance of this unique form of popular theatre. Also identified and explored are significant contributions made to stage technology and design by the patented stage machinery designed for the production of the mechanized form of equestrian drama, which became popular in the late nineteenth century. Equestrian Drama is suitable for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in theatre history, dramatic literature, performance studies, and equine studies. An online supplement to this book is available to provide readers with additional content relating to this collection, including original English language translations of La Fille Hussard and Rognolet and Passe-Carreau, as well as the full annotated text of Turpin's Ride to York.
Author: Evelyn Tribble
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472576055
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines the 'toolkit' of the early modern player and suggests new readings of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries through the lens of their many skills. Theatre is an ephemeral medium. Little remains to us of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries: some printed texts, scattered documents and records, and a few scraps of description, praise, and detraction. Because most of what survives are printed playbooks, students of English theatre find it easy to forget that much of what happened on the early modern stage took place within the gaps of written language: the implicit or explicit calls for fights, dances, military formations, feats of physical skill, song, and clowning. Theatre historians and textual editors have often ignored or denigrated such moments, seeing them merely as extraneous amusements or signs that the text has been 'corrupted' by actors. This book argues that recapturing a positive account of the skills and expertise of the early modern players will result in a more capacious understanding of the nature of theatricality in the period.
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Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Author: William Beloe
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Author: Ellis (Firm)
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Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Category : Oxford (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: John Evelyn
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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