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Author : O. Classe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781884964367
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (643 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L written by O. Classe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Georges Feydeau
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573611377
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (113 download)
Download or read book The Lady from Maxim's written by Georges Feydeau and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farce / 5m, 4f, extras / Unit set A normally sober doctor awakens to find that he brought two things home from Maxim's last night: a hangover and a lady of the evening. His wife is diverted from discovering the tart by one of her famous visitations from a popular saint. The doctor's uncle returns after a long army tour in Africa and promptly mistakes the lady from Maxim's for his nephew's wife. Uncle's immediate business is marrying off a niece to a young soldier who turns out to be the true
Author : Jessica Milner Davis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351520245
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Farce written by Jessica Milner Davis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farce has always been relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder of dramatic genres. Distinctions between farce and more literary comic forms remain clouded, even in the light of contemporary efforts to rehabilitate this type of comedy. Is farce really nothing more than slapstick-the "putting out of candles, kicking down of tables, falling over joynt-stools," as Thomas Shadwell characterized it in the seventeenth century? Or was his contemporary, Nahum Tate correct when he declared triumphantly that "there are no rules to be prescribed for that sort of wit, no patterns to copy; and 'tis altogether the creature of imagination"? Davis shows farce to be an essential component in both the comedic and tragic traditions. Farce sets out to explore the territory of what makes farce distinct as a comic genre. Its lowly origins date back to the classic Graeco-Roman theatre; but when formal drama was reborn by the process of elaboration of ritual within the mediaeval Church, the French term "farce" became synonymous with a recognizable style of comic performance. Taking a wide range of farces from the briefest and most basic of fair-ground mountebank performances to fully-fledged five-act structures from the late nineteenth century, the book reveals the patterns of comic plot and counter-plot that are common to all. The result is a novel classification of farce-plots, which serves to clarify the differences between farce and more literary comic forms and to show how quickly farce can shade into other styles of humor. The key is a careful balance between a revolt against order and propriety, and a kind of Realpolitik which ultimately restores the social conventions under attack. A complex array of devices in such things as framing, plot, characterization, timing and acting style maintain the delicate balance. Contemporary examples from the London stage bring the discussion u
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Publisher : TheBookEdition
ISBN 13 : 2954548983
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (545 download)
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Author : Georges Feydeau
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472517563
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Feydeau Plays: 1 written by Georges Feydeau and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth McLeish's definitive translations of the most successful French dramatist of the Belle Epoque Georges Feydau (1862-1921) was the most successful French dramatist of the belle epoque and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest of farce-writers. His series of dazzling hits match high-speed action and dialogue with ingenious plotting. Reaching the heights of farcical lunacy, his plays nevertheless contain touches of barbed social comment and allowed him to mention subjects which would have provoked outrage in the hands of more serious dramatists. This volume of new, sparkling translations by Kenneth McLeish contains his two masterpieces, Heart's Desire Hotel (L'Hôtel du libre échange) and Sauce For the Goose (Le Dindon), with three other plays from the peak of his career, The One That Got Away (Monsieur Chasse!), Now You See It (Le System Ribadier) and Pig in a Poke (Chat en poche).
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Justin Wintle Esq
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317853636
Total Pages : 1432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Makers of Nineteenth Century Culture written by Justin Wintle Esq and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a critical examination of the lives and works of the leading novelists, poets, dramatists, artists, philosophers, social thinkers, mathematicians and scientists of the period. The subjects are assessed in the light of their cultural importance, and each entry is deliberately interpretative, making this work both an essential reference tool and an engaging collection of essays. Figures covered include: Marx, Wagner,Darwin, Malthus, Balzac, Jane Austen, Nietzsche, Babbage, Edgar Allan Poe, Ruskin, Schleiermacher, Herbert Spencer, Harriet Martineau and Oscar Wilde.
Author : Toronto Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Toronto Public Library written by Toronto Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Sharland
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595374514
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book A Theatrical Feast in Paris written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read where British, American and French writers, actors and authors wined and dined in Paris. From Moliere to Deneuve, from Hemingway to Sedaris. Find out the theatre scene there, today and yesterday. Follow their footsteps in the City of Light and discover fabulous places including the setting of the Da Vinci Code in the Louvre.
Author : Justin Wintle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136768815
Total Pages : 2569 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book New Makers of Modern Culture written by Justin Wintle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 2569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Makers of Modern Culture is the successor to the classic reference works Makers of Modern Culture and Makers of Nineteenth-Century Culture, published by Routledge in the early 1980s. The set was extremely successful and continues to be used to this day, due to the high quality of the writing, the distinguished contributors, and the cultural sensitivity shown in the selection of those individuals included. New Makers of Modern Culture takes into full account the rise and fall of reputation and influence over the last twenty-five years and the epochal changes that have occurred: the demise of Marxism and the collapse of the Soviet Union; the rise and fall of postmodernism; the eruption of Islamic fundamentalism; the triumph of the Internet. Containing over eight hundred essay-style entries, and covering the period from 1850 to the present, New Makers of Modern Culture includes artists, writers, dramatists, architects, philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, sociologists, major political figures, composers, film-makers and many other culturally significant individuals and is thoroughly international in its purview. Next to Karl Marx is Bob Marley, next to John Ruskin is Salman Rushdie, alongside Darwin is Luigi Dallapiccola, Deng Xiaoping runs shoulders with Jacques Derrida as do Julia Kristeva and Kropotkin. Once again, Wintle has enlisted the services of many distinguished writers and leading academics, such as Sam Beer, Bernard Crick, Edward Seidensticker and Paul Preston. In a few cases, for example Michael Holroyd and Philip Larkin, contributors are themselves the subject of entries. With its global reach, New Makers of Modern Culture provides a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world. The entries carry short bibliographies and there is thorough cross-referencing. There is an index of names and key terms.
Author : Harry Waldman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786440856
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Maurice Tourneur written by Harry Waldman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maurice Tourneur (1876-1961), the French and American director, actor, and theatrical manager, is the focus of this work. He began in France during the years 1912-1914, and then spent 1914-1926 in New Jersey and Hollywood, directing more than 50 films, using his French interests and talents to help shape the industry, and bringing "stylization" to the screen.
Author : Sarah Leahy
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526133172
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Screenwriters in French cinema written by Sarah Leahy and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriters have been central figures in French cinema since the conversion to sound, from early French-language talkies for the domestic market to lavish literary adaptations of the notorious 'quality tradition' of the 1950s, and from the ‘aesthetic revolution’ of the New Wave to the contemporary popular and auteur film in the 2000s. The first English language study to address screenwriters in French cinema, this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of French film and screenwriting. Taking a diachronic approach, it includes case studies drawn from the early sound period to the present day in order to offer an alternative historiography of French cinema, shed light on these overlooked figures and revisit the vexed question of film authorship.
Author : Jonathan Law
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140814591X
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre written by Jonathan Law and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre is an essential reference tool and companion for anyone interested in the theatre and theatre-going. Containing over 2500 entries it covers the international spectrum of theatre with particular emphasis on the UK and USA. With biographical information on playwrights, actors and directors, entries on theatres and theatre companies, explanation of technical terms and theatrical genres, and synopses of major plays, this is an authoritative, trustworthy and comprehensive compendium. Included are: synopses of 500 major plays biographical entries on hundreds of playwrights, actors, directors and producers definitions of nearly 200 genres and movements entries on over 100 key characters from plays information about more than 250 theatres and companies Unlike similar products, The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre avoids a dry, technical approach with its sprinkling of anecdotal asides and fascinating trivia, such as how Michael Gambon gave his name to a corner of a racing track following an incident on BBC's Top Gear programme, and under 'advice to actors' the sage words of Alec Guinness: 'First wipe your nose and check your flies', and the equally wise guidance from the master of his art, Noël Coward: 'Just know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.' As a companion to everything from the main stage to the fringes of theatrical fact and folklore, this will prove an irresistible book to all fans of the theatre.
Author : Georges Feydeau
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147251758X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Feydeau Plays: 2 written by Georges Feydeau and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth McLeish's definitive translations of the most successful French dramatist of the Belle Epoque Georges Feydau (1862-1921) was the most successful French dramatist of the belle epoque and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest of farce-writers. His series of dazzling hits matched high-speed action and dialogue with ingenious plotting. Reaching the heights of farcical lunacy, his plays nevertheless contain touches of barbed social comment and allowed him to mention subjects which would have provoked outrage in the hands of more serious dramatists. This volume of new, sparkling translations by Kenneth McLeish contains two plays from the peak of his career, The Girl from Maxim 's and She's All Yours (La Main Passe), together with an early work, Jailbird (Gibier de potence).
Author : Pierre Dareutière de Bâcourt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book French Literature During the Last Half-century written by Pierre Dareutière de Bâcourt and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Lanzoni
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137100192
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (371 download)
Download or read book French Comedy on Screen written by R. Lanzoni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks.
Author : Elizabeth Sharland
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663216347
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)
Download or read book Steve Ross Cabaret Also the Author's Memories of Paris written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Ross is the Crown Prince of New York Cabaret and has created the highest standard of performing cabaret internationally. He has played across the World, in Japan, Brazil, Australia, India, Venice, London and Paris with the most brilliant singers guest starring often and he also has lectured at many Universities and private Clubs across the country. Please see his website at www.steveross.net
