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The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre

Author : Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521794305
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre written by Simon Trussler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession and the role of the actor - in fact all aspects of live entertainment. From satire and burlesque to melodrama and pantomime, this is a major history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day. Shifting its focus constantly between those who played and those who watched, between officially approved performance and the popular theatre of the people, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre will be invaluable to anyone interested in theatre, whether student, teacher, performer or spectator.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre

Author : Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521419130
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre written by Simon Trussler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining authoritative writing with superb illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre is a fascinating exploration of the development of the live performing arts in Britain from the earliest times to the present day. Taking a broad view of theater, the book covers everything from the minor and "illegitimate" to the mainstream and "official"--whether the mystery plays of the Middle Ages or the "real time drama" of Coronation Street, the courtly theater of Shakespeare or the contemporary "fringe." The book is aimed at both students and general readers. Simon Trussler is a retired drama professor at the University of London and the editor of New Theatre Quarterly.

The Cambridge History of British Theatre

Author : Jane Milling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521650402
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of British Theatre written by Jane Milling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in Roman Britain and ending with Charles II's restoration to the throne, the nineteen essays that comprise this volume are written by leading British and American scholars.

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429873336
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance written by Robert Leach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacted with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. Continuing on from the Enlightenment, Volume Two of An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance leads its readers from the drama and performances of the Industrial Revolution to the latest digital theatre. Moving from Punch and Judy, castle spectres and penny showmen to Modernism and Postdramatic Theatre, Leach’s second volume triumphantly completes a collated account of all the British Theatre History knowledge anyone could ever need.

The Cambridge History of British Theatre

Author : Jane Milling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521651328
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of British Theatre written by Jane Milling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-09 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Cambridge History of British Theatre

Author : Jane Milling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521650682
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of British Theatre written by Jane Milling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume Two begins in 1660 with the restoration of King Charles II to the throne and the reestablishment of the professional theater. It follows the far-reaching development of the form over more than two centuries to 1895.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre

Author : John Russell Brown
Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN 13 : 9780192854421
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre written by John Russell Brown and published by Oxford Illustrated History. This book was released on 2001 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815374824
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance written by Robert Leach and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1. From the Romans to the Enlightenment

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367580391
Total Pages : 0 pages
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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429873360
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance written by Robert Leach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacts with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. This first volume spans from the earliest forms of performance to the popular theatres of high society and the Enlightenment, tracing a movement from the outdoor and fringe to the heart of the social world. The Illustrated History acts as an accessible, flexible basis for students of the theatre, and for pure fans of British theatre history there could be no better starting point.

The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945

Author : Jen Harvie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108421806
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945 written by Jen Harvie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to post-war British theatre's huge variety and expansion, exploring the diverse contexts that shaped it.

Historical Dictionary of British Theatre

Author : Darryll Grantley
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810880288
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of British Theatre written by Darryll Grantley and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has over 1,183 entries in the dictionary section, these being mainly on playwrights and plays, but others as well including managers and critics, and also on specific theatres, legislative acts and some technical jargon. Then there are entries on the different genres, from comedy to tragedy and everything in between. Inevitably, the chronology is quite long as it has a long period to cover and the introduction provides the necessary overview. The Historical Dictionary of British Theatre: Early Period concludes with a pretty massive bibliography. That will be of use to particularly assiduous researchers, but this book itself is a good place to start any research since it covers periods that are far less well-known and documented, and ordinary theatre-goers will also find useful information.

New Theatre Quarterly 67: Volume 17, Part 3

Author : Clive Barker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521002806
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book New Theatre Quarterly 67: Volume 17, Part 3 written by Clive Barker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. It shows that theater history has a contemporary relevance, that theater studies need a methodology, and that theater criticism needs a language. The journal publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theater studies.

The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre

Author : Aleks Sierz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350429619
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre written by Aleks Sierz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British theatre is booming. But where do these beautiful buildings and exciting plays come from? And when did the story start? To find out we time travel back to the age of the first Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, four hundred years ago when there was not a single theatre in the land. In the company of a series of well-characterized fictional guides, the eight chapters of the book explore how British theatre began, grew up and developed from the 1550s to the 1950s. The Time-Traveller's Guide to British Theatre tells the story of the movers and shakers, the buildings, the playwrights, the plays and the audiences that make British theatre what it is today. It covers all the great names - from Shakespeare to Terence Rattigan, by way of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw - and the classic plays, many of which are still revived today, visits the venues and tells their dramatic stories. It is an accessible, journalistic account of this subject which, while based firmly on extensive research and historical accuracy, describes five centuries of British creativity in an interesting and relevant way. It is celebratory in tone, journalistic in style and accurate in content.

British Theatre Since the War

Author : Dominic Shellard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300147910
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book British Theatre Since the War written by Dominic Shellard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British theatre of the past fifty years has been brilliant, varied, and controversial, encompassing invigorating indigenous drama, politically didactic writing, the formation of such institutions as the National Theatre, the exporting of musicals worldwide from the West End, and much more. This entertaining and authoritative book is the first comprehensive account of British theatre in this period. Dominic Shellard moves chronologically through the half-century, discussing important plays, performers, directors, playwrights, critics, censors, and agents as well as the social, political, and financial developments that influenced the theatre world. Drawing on previously unseen material (such as the Kenneth Tynan archives), first-hand testimony, and detailed research, Shellard tackles several long-held assumptions about drama of the period. He questions the dominance of Look Back in Anger in the 1950s, arguing that much of the theatre of the ten years prior to its premiere in 1956 was vibrant and worthwhile. He suggests that theatre criticism, theatre producers, and such institutions as the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company have played key roles in the evolution of recent drama. And he takes a fresh look at the work of Terence Rattigan, Harold Pinter, Joe Orton, Alan Ayckbourn, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and other significant playwrights of the modern era. The book will be a valuable resource not only for students of theatre history but also for any theatre enthusiast.

An Introduction to Literary Studies

Author : Mario Klarer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000901734
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Literary Studies written by Mario Klarer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of this classic beginner’s guide to literary studies has been fully updated throughout. Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in English and world literature as well as film and television series. Starting with the basics of what constitutes a literary text, the book moves through an analysis of major genres, important periods, and key theoretical approaches to literature and film. It also looks at the practicalities of finding and referencing secondary sources when writing a research paper. The expanded new edition has been updated to include: a wider range of examples from world literature, cinema, and television series additional references to contemporary streaming formats updated chapters on postcolonial theory, cultural studies, gender theory, feminism, and queer theory new sections on digital humanities, ecocriticism, literary translations, and paratexts extended explanations of traditional genres, e.g., the epic, drama, and poetry a completely revised chapter on the most recent MLA guidelines with rules for citing new media formats The detailed glossary ensures that the book is accessible to readers of any level, making this an ideal self-study guide or a course book for Introduction to Literature classes.

Twentieth-Century British Theatre

Author : Claire Cochrane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139502131
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-Century British Theatre written by Claire Cochrane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Claire Cochrane maps the experience of theatre across the British Isles during the twentieth century through the social and economic factors which shaped it. Three topographies for 1900, 1950 and 2000 survey the complex plurality of theatre within the nation-state which at the beginning of the century was at the hub of world-wide imperial interests and after one hundred years had seen unprecedented demographic, economic and industrial change. Cochrane analyses the dominance of London theatre, but redresses the balance in favour of the hitherto marginalised majority experience in the English regions and the other component nations of the British political construct. Developments arising from demographic change are outlined, especially those relating to the rapid expansion of migrant communities representing multiple ethnicities. Presenting fresh historiographic perspectives on twentieth-century British theatre, the book breaks down the traditionally accepted binary oppositions between different sectors, showing a broader spectrum of theatre practice.