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Book Synopsis The People's Theater (Classic Reprint) by : Romain Rolland
Download or read book The People's Theater (Classic Reprint) written by Romain Rolland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The People's Theater M. Rolland was finally located, and we began a correspondence from which I shall use certain parts to illustrate this brief preface. In my original preface to the present volume I had referred to M. Rolland's having retired from public life and being temporarily crushed, but the first letter I received convinced me beyond a doubt that he was far from it. He would never consent to the publication of any translation of his works without first seeing that it rendered faith fully the spirit of the original. He did not care even to discuss terms, and he added, by way of proof of his commercial disinterestedness, that the proceeds of the Nobel Prize, of which he was the recipient not long ago, and which amounted to over he had spent in works of charity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The People's Theater (1918) by : Romain Rolland
Download or read book The People's Theater (1918) written by Romain Rolland and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis Pioneering a People's Theatre by : Archibald Henderson
Download or read book Pioneering a People's Theatre written by Archibald Henderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pioneering a People's Theatre: Edited With a Foreword We shall miss him, his pipe, his dog and his jaunty step down the village streets, his constant enthusiasm as fresh as the first morning of his great hopes, now and forever a part of the life, service and traditions of the U ni versity of North Carolina. We bow our heads in sorrow and appreciation for the great loss which has come to his wife and sons, and to the University and the Nation. We lift our hearts in exceeding joy for the noble life - work of Frederick Henry Koch immortal in the plays of the people to be carried on in his name at the University of the people in the village he loved. To the reverent care of all who love him we now entrust his blessed com memoration in the halls, walks and forests of Chapel Hill. He lives on in the creative spirit of youth, walking their ways, writing their plays and keeping lighted his fires from generation unto generation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Theatre and Its People (Classic Reprint) by : Franklin Fyles
Download or read book The Theatre and Its People (Classic Reprint) written by Franklin Fyles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Theatre and Its People One of the exercises in a dramatic school is to speak pieces as all of us did in our school-days. But the'selections are not the well-remembered ones of our juvenile declamation. They are likelier to be passages from plays so unfamiliar that the pupil cannot be guided by precedent, but must form his own conception of the ideas and how to convey them in Speech and action. The tendency is toward naturalism, and away from formal declamation. Ora tory, in the ordinary meaning of the word, is depreciated. Fluency and variety of utterance are aimed at. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen by : Henrik Ibsen
Download or read book The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen ON the 3lst of May 1880, Henrik Ibsen wrote to his publisher, Frederik Hegel, that he had begun a little book in which he intended to give some account of the outward and inward conditions under which each one of his works had come into being (letter It was to be called From Simian, to Rome, and was to give descriptions of his life at Skien and Grimstad, Bergen and Christiania, Dresden, Munich, and Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Attack of the Theater People by : Marc Acito
Download or read book Attack of the Theater People written by Marc Acito and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-04-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In praising “the witty high school romp” How I Paid for College, the New York Times Book Review said, it “makes you hope there’s a lot more where this came from.” There is. In this hilarious sequel Attack of the Theater People, Edward Zanni and his merry crew of high school musical-comedy miscreants move to the magical wonderland that is Manhattan. It is 1986, and aspiring actor Edward Zanni has been kicked out of drama school for being “too jazz hands for Juilliard.” Mortified, Edward heads out into the urban jungle of eighties New York City and finally lands a job as a “party motivator” who gets thirteen-year-olds to dance at bar mitzvahs and charms businesspeople as a “stealth guest” at corporate events. When he accidentally gets caught up in insider trading with a handsome stockbroker named Chad, only the help of his crew from How I Paid for College can rescue him from a stretch in Club Fed. Laced with the inspired zaniness of classic American musical comedy, Attack of the Theater People matches the big hair of the eighties with an even bigger heart.
Book Synopsis The Fight for Freedom by : Douglas Goldring
Download or read book The Fight for Freedom written by Douglas Goldring and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fight for Freedom: A Play in Four Acts When the International People's Theatre is founded, one of the first plays it ought to put on, if it means to do educational as well as artistic work, is Douglas Goldring's beautiful drama, "The Fight for Freedom." Not that this drama is a panegyric of Socialism. On the contrary, it might almost be said to be a criticism of the Socialist party. Its merit, its strength, resides in its bringing out the pathetic tragedy of the harsh truth underlying the obscure drama that divides humanity in two. "The Fight for Freedom" puts before us the idea that at the present time dominates and influences all other ideas - the idea of revolution. It is set in its proper place here, taken at its source, at the very heart of man. Thence it tumbles like an impetuous torrent and dashes into a river. For it is not enough, no, it is not enough to aspire towards the happiness of the people, towards the deep, radical transformation of the old regime which oppresses them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Cinema Treasures written by Ross Melnick and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family can afford. While countless books have been devoted to films and their stars, none have attempted a truly definitive history of those magical venues that have transported moviegoers since the beginning of the last century. In this stunningly illustrated book, film industry insiders Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs take readers from the nickelodeon to the megaplex and show how changes in moviemaking and political, social, and technological forces (e.g., war, depression, the baby boom, the VCR) have influenced the way we see movies.Archival photographs from archives like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and movie theater ephemera (postcards, period ads, matchbooks, and even a "barf bag") sourced from private collections complement Melnick's informative and engaging history. Also included throughout the book are Fuchs' profiles detailing 25 classic movie theaters that have been restored and renovated and which continue to operate today. Each of these two-page spreads is illustrated with marvelous modern photographs, many taken by top architectural photographers. The result is a fabulous look at one way in which Americans continue to come together as a nation. A timeline throughout places the developments described in a broader historical context."We've had a number of beautiful books about the great movie palaces, and even some individual volumes that pay tribute to surviving theaters around the country. This is the first book I can recall that focuses on the survivors, from coast to coast, and puts them into historical context. Sumptuously produced in an oversized format, on heavy coated paper stock, this beautiful book offers a lively history of movie theaters in America , an impressive array of photos and memorabilia, and a heartening survey of the landmarks in our midst, from the majestic Fox Tucson Theatre in Tucson, Arizona to the charming jewel-box that is the Avon in Stamford, Connecticut. I don't know why, but I never tire of gazing at black & white photos of marquees from the past; they evoke the era of moviemaking (and moviegoing) I care about the most, and this book is packed with them. Cinema Treasures is indeed a treasure, and a perfect gift item for the holiday season. - Leonard Maltin"Humble or grandiose, stand-alone or strung together, movie theaters are places where dreams are born. Once upon a time, they were treated with the respect they deserve. In their heyday, historian Ross Melnick and exhibitor Andreas Fuchs write in Cinema Treasures, openings of new motion-picture pleasure palaces that would have dazzled Kubla Khan 'received enormous attention in newspapers around the country. On top of the publicity they generated, their debuts were treated like the gala openings of new operas or exhibits, with critics weighing in on everything from the interior and exterior design to the orchestra.' Handsomely produced and extensively illustrated, Cinema Treasures is detailed without being dull and thoroughly at home with this often neglected subject matter. Its title would have you believe it is a celebration of the golden age of movie theaters. But this book is something completely different: an examination of the history of movie exhibition, which the authors accurately call 'a vastly under-researched topic.'" - Los Angeles Times
Book Synopsis The Heart of the People by : J. R. Abarbanell
Download or read book The Heart of the People written by J. R. Abarbanell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heart of the People: A Picture of Life as It Is to-Day The rest of the great throng Of spectators rustled into silence, as they ordinarily do When the cur tain rises at a theater, while the reporters at the press-table sharpened their pencils and got ready to make history of the occurrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Second Nights written by Arthur Ruhl and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Second Nights: People and Ideas of the Theatre to-Day The first-nighter, as everybody knows, is a bored but witty person, with a black ribbon to his eye-glasses, who descends to his seat just before the curtain rises, and turns to survey the house ere he sits down. In New York, where theatres spring up overnight, he may be the large, red-necked man who supplied the concrete, but he is generally, at any rate, an insider, stirred by many things that pass the outsider by and inclined to be as concerned over the probable size of the audience on the third Tuesday as in the mere pleasure or nourishment to be had from the play. He is both spectator and participant, urging a new ship down the ways, and finds his interest divided perforce between the ship as a ship and the success of the launching. Author and players are waiting behind that closed curtain - be the play never so unimportant, there is mystery and excitement in the air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Second Nights by : Arthur Brown Ruhl
Download or read book Second Nights written by Arthur Brown Ruhl and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Friend of the People by : Theodore Bonnet
Download or read book A Friend of the People written by Theodore Bonnet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Friend of the People: A Play in Four Acts To be sure, when a play fails it is not always easy to say why it failed. There is really no formula of success in play - writing. There is an instance of a play that bored a veteran London critic, which, according to his own confession, was just the sort of play that he had been always reviling people for not writing, managers for not producing, critics for not praising. He owned that it was a sincere pre sentment of actual life; that the characters were alive, well drawn and had the value of types; that it was full of food for reflection and innocent of theatrical effects. Yet it made him long to be amused and excited, and he couldn't tell why it failed to interest him with all its facts and ideas. The explanation probably is that the good qualities of the play were wholly negative. The author had mastered the decalogue of prohibitions, but neglected the organic form of emotion which stimulates feel ing as well as thought. Obviously positive merit is better than the negative kind, but yet few of us have the genius that would justify us in defying the seven devils of the theatre. Hence the importance of considering objections from high sources, objec tions not to be found in textbooks on technique or made obvious by object lessons on the stage itself, and therefore unknown to the average novice of the drama. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Open-Air Theatre (Classic Reprint) by : Sheldon Cheney
Download or read book The Open-Air Theatre (Classic Reprint) written by Sheldon Cheney and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Open-Air Theatre My object in writing this volume has been three-fold: first, to offer, for that increasingly large public which is interested in every significant development of the drama, a comprehensive view of the open-air theatre movement with relation to both the historical background and the remarkable current revival; second, to provide the architect with a first-aid compendium of information about old and modern open-air theatres, bringing together material which, if it has existed at all in print, has been scattered through a hundred books and magazine articles; and third, to give those concerned with open-air production a birdseye view of the drama of the open in all ages and all lands, and by comparison, to help them to an understanding of the peculiar characteristics and particular problems of production out-of-doors. The scope of the volume is limited. No attempt is made to treat of theatres of the half-enclosed type, which are in effect the ordinary architectural theatre with the auditorium roof lifted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Little Theater Classics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Samuel A. Eliot
Download or read book Little Theater Classics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel A. Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Theater Classics, Vol. 1 HE Little Theater Movement is a fact. It is, in the minds of many farsighted lovers of the theater, the most important fact in the theatrical situa tion in America to-day. It promises in the end to replace, in all our larger cities west of the Atlantic seaboard, the wasteful road-company method and the equally wasteful stock-company method of providing serious drama and theatric art to that part of our people which will not rest content with cheap shows or moving pictures. NO doubt, plays that are ex traordinarily well liked in New York will always later seek the West, and the stock managers will continue to present, in routine, inadequate fashion, at popular prices, the out-dated attractions of the commercial stage. But the primarily artistic theater, growing up in the community because the community needs, nourishes, and uses it, will more and more meet and satisfy the demand of drama-loving, art-loving theater goers for new, experimental, and beautiful things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Theatre, 1917, Vol. 25 (Classic Reprint) by : Arthur Hornblow
Download or read book The Theatre, 1917, Vol. 25 (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Hornblow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Theatre, 1917, Vol. 25 These were but a few among the many of the large and influential circle of professional men who came to see the man of whom Charles Dickens wrote: I cannot wish my friend a better audience than he will have in the American people, and I cannot wish them a better actor than they will find in my friend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Mantle of Lincoln by : Test Dalton
Download or read book The Mantle of Lincoln written by Test Dalton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mantle of Lincoln: A Play for the People It is no easy job to put the character of Abraham Lincoln on the stage. Test Dalton has studied Lincoln for many years. He has thought much on the problem of how life could be benefited if the principles of Lincoln were used to-day. Dalton has written a new play along these lines under the title of the mantle OF lincoln, which was presented last night at the Municipal Theatre. The central figure is an old man who was driver of Lincoln's coach when he was President and who drove the hearse which carried Lincoln's body to the train in Washington for Springfield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Russian Theatre (Classic Reprint) by : Oliver Martin Sayler
Download or read book The Russian Theatre (Classic Reprint) written by Oliver Martin Sayler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Russian Theatre In writing about the theatre nothing today is more appropriate than the explanation of Russian art. That art, carried far by enthusiasm and noble stand ards, is happily better known to us than it was. The American mind, let us trust, becomes every year more worthy to receive it. If there is in our country a critic as fitted as Mr. Sayler to discuss this art, I know him not. The book that follows is informed, its spirit moves ever on a high level, its judgments seem to me unvaryingly cor rect, and the ripe simplicity of the style is a suitable vehicle for the message. The book is worthy to present to our people the most energetic and intense stage that, in over a century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
