Theatre studies Books

From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the '20s, the 'true musicals' of the '40s, the politicisation of the '60s and the 'mega-musicals' of the '80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of...

'Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been...

The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader has been the key introductory text to all types of performance for over fifteen years. Extracts from over fifty practitioners, critics and theorists from the fields of dance, drama, music, theatre and live art...

At the close of the twentieth century the stereotyping and demonization of 'others', whether on religious, nationalist, racist, or political grounds, has become a burning issue. Yet comparatively little attention has been paid to how and why we fabricate...

First Published in 1995. Throughout the nineteenth century the entire structure of the Ashkenazi world crumbled. What remains of Ashkenazi Jewry today is split into irreconcilable religious camps on the one hand, and a large body of secularized Jews of...

This is the only book to provide an account of how popular theatre developed from the fairground booths of the eighteenth century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. Whereas other studies offer a traditional approach to...

""Grundriss der k������rperlichen Beredsamkeit"" ist ein Buch, das 1792 von Hermann Heimart Claudius ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk bietet eine umfassende Einf�����hrung in die Kunst der K������rpersprache und der Gestik. Der Autor beschreibt...

Footlights is a book written by John Hollingshead and first published in 1883. The book is a collection of essays, anecdotes, and observations about the world of theatre in 19th century England. Hollingshead was a prominent figure in the theatre world of...

Fac�����ties proven�����ales ou recueil de diverses pi�����ces bouffonnes, originales et in�����dites, en idiome proven�����al: Lou Barbie d'Oureou est un livre anonyme publi����� en 1815. Il s'agit d'un recueil de pi�����ces comiques �����crites en...

Euripidis Ion est fabula tragica scripta ab Euripide, poeta Graeco, anno 1827. Fabula narrat de Ion, filio Apollinis et Creusae, qui vivit in Delphis, oraculi Apollinis loco. Ion crevit in templo Apollinis et servit deo, donec invenitur ab matre sua,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Conjecturarum Observationumque Aristophanearum: Specimen Unus (1878) est opus scriptum a Ottomaro Bachmanno. In hoc libro, Bachmannus observationes et conjecturas de fabulis Aristophanis, poetae Graeci comici, exhibet. Specimen Unus est pars prima...

Le livre ""Conferences Dramatiques: Odeon, 1888-1898"" (1898) par Eugene Lintilhac est un recueil de conf�����rences donn�����es ������ l'Odeon sur le th����������tre et la dramaturgie entre 1888 et 1898. L'auteur, qui �����tait critique dramatique et...

Commentaries On The Historical Plays Of Shakespeare V2 is a book written by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay in 1840. The book is a detailed analysis and commentary of Shakespeare's historical plays, including Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, and...

Commedie Varie (1876) di Alberti, Luigi ����� una raccolta di commedie scritte dal celebre drammaturgo italiano. Il libro contiene quattro commedie diverse, ognuna con la sua trama e personaggi unici. Le commedie sono intitolate ""Il Conte di San...

Comedies For Amateur Acting is a book written by J. Brander Matthews and published in 1879. The book contains a collection of six comedic plays that are specifically designed for amateur actors to perform. The plays cover a range of themes and settings,...

Auristela y Lisidante (1763) es una obra de teatro escrita por Pedro Calder������n de la Barca. La trama se desarrolla en la isla de Chipre, donde el rey Lisidante se enamora de la princesa Auristela. Sin embargo, la princesa est����� comprometida con...

""Comedia Pr������diga"" es una obra de teatro escrita por Luis de Miranda y publicada en 1869. La trama gira en torno a la vida de Don Gonzalo, un hombre adinerado que vive rodeado de lujos y comodidades. Sin embargo, su vida se ve afectada por la...

Child Life, Adolescence, and Marriage in Greek New Comedy and in the Comedies of Plautus is a book written by David Russell Lee and published in 1919. The book is a study of the portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and marriage in the works of two...

""Character Treatment in the Mediaeval Drama"" is a book written by Timothy J. Crowley and published in 1907. The book is a comprehensive study of the representation of characters in medieval drama, with a particular focus on the various techniques used...

""Childeric Premier, Roi De France: Drame Heroique, En Trois Actes"" is a play written by Louis Sebastien Mercier in 1774. The play is set in the 5th century and revolves around the life of Childeric I, the first king of the Merovingian dynasty in France...

""Cenni Teorico-Pratici Sulle Aziende Teatrali"" ����� un libro scritto da Giovanni Valle nel 1823. Quest'opera fornisce una descrizione completa e dettagliata delle aziende teatrali dell'epoca, con particolare attenzione alle loro strutture...

Ceres and Persephone, A Child Play: With The Hymn To Demeter (1902) is a play written by Maud Menefee. The play is based on the Greek myth of Ceres and Persephone, in which Persephone, the daughter of Ceres, is abducted by Hades and taken to the...

Cavalleria Rusticana, Rustic Chivalry: Melodrama In One Act (1891) is a play written by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. The play is set in a small Sicilian village and tells the story of a love triangle between Turiddu, his former lover Lola, and his new...

Calas Ou Le Fanatisme: Drame En Quatre Actes, En Prose (1791) est une pi�����ce de th����������tre �����crite par D'Argy et Lemierre. La pi�����ce raconte l'histoire de Jean Calas, un protestant accus����� du meurtre de son fils qui s'�����tait converti...

Aristophanes Aves Graece (1782) est liber qui continet fabulam Graecam Aristophanis, cuius titulus ""Aves"" est. In hac fabula, duae homines, Pisthetaerus et Euelpides, relinquunt urbem Athenas et ad aves fugiunt, ubi regnum avium condere conantur. Inter...

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