The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780810892811 / Angielski / Twarda / 630 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals. The second edition of The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel provides a chronological calendar of London shows from the first of January, 1890,...
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided researchers...
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1178,70 zł |
Theatre of the Book 1480-1880: Print, Text and Performance in Europe
ISBN: 9780198187141 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theatre of the Book explores the impact of printing on the European theater, 1480-1880. Far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press played as essential role in the birth of the modern theater. Looking at playtexts, engravings, actor portraits, notation systems, and theatrical ephemera as part of the broader history of theatrical ideas, this illustrated book offers both a history of European dramatic publication and an examination of the European theater's continual refashioning of itself in the world of print.
Theatre of the Book explores the impact of printing on the European theater, 1480-1880. Far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printin...
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1187,08 zł |
The Shakespearian Playing Companies
ISBN: 9780198129776 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This ground-breaking study is the first history of the professional acting companies who brought drama to London in Shakespeare's time. Gurr draws on the most up-to-date research to provide a general history of company development from the 1560s, when the first of the major companies belonging to great lords began regularly to offer their plays at court and in London, to 1642, when by Act of Parliament they were closed down. He offers detailed and fascinating accounts of each of the forty companies that played in London during the period, including Shakespeare's company, The...
This ground-breaking study is the first history of the professional acting companies who brought drama to London in Shakespeare's time. Gurr draws on ...
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1199,13 zł |
The World of Theatre: Edition 2000
ISBN: 9780415238663 / Angielski / Twarda / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World of Theatre is an on-the-spot account of current theatre activity across six continents. The year 2000 edition covers the three seasons from 1996-97 to 1998-99, in over sixty countries - more than ever before. The content of the book is as varied as the theatre scene it describes, from magisterial round-ups by leading critics in Europe (Peter Hepple of The Stage) and North America (Jim O'Quinn of American Theatre) to what are sometimes literally war-torn countries such as Iran or Sierra Leone.
The World of Theatre is an on-the-spot account of current theatre activity across six continents. The year 2000 edition covers the three seas...
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Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre
ISBN: 9780415821551 / Angielski / Twarda / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporary performing arts in Asia, showcasing significant scholarship in recent years. An international team of over 50 contributors provide authoritative overviews on a variety of topics across Asia, including dance, music, puppetry, make-up and costume, architecture, colonialism, modernity, gender, musicals, and intercultural Shakespeare.
This volume is divided into four sections covering:
Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporar... |
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The Dramatic Festivals of Athens
ISBN: 9780198142584 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reissue with a new supplement is fully expanded and brought up-to-date. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation.
This reissue with a new supplement is fully expanded and brought up-to-date. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the ac...
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1307,57 zł |
The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780810892934 / Angielski / Twarda / 732 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries, London theatre has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976, the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided scholars and other researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals. The London Stage 1900-1909 A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Second Edition provides a chronological calendar of London shows from...
For centuries, London theatre has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976, the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provide...
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1365,08 zł |
The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780810892996 / Angielski / Twarda / 798 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of relevant newspapers and periodicals. This second edition of The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel provides a chronological calendar of London shows from January 1910 through December 1919. The...
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided researchers...
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1365,08 zł |
The International Reception of Samuel Beckett
ISBN: 9780826495815 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last decade, Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century but there has been very little scholarly work on Beckett's reception outside Europe. This comprehensive volume brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett's international critical reception. Due to Beckett's linguistic and artistic abilities, he was intimately involved in the translation and production of his writings in German, French, English and Spanish; and consequently countries using... Over the last decade, Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and ... |
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European Theatre Performance Practice, 1900 to the Present
ISBN: 9781409418757 / Angielski / Twarda / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume captures the rich diversity of European performance practice evident in the twentieth and early part of the twenty-first century. Written by leading directors, actors, dancers, scenographers and academics from across Europe, the collection spans a broad range of subject areas including dance, theatre, live art, multimedia performance and street protest. The essays are divided into three sections on: performers and performing; staging performance; representation and reception, and document innovations in acting, performance and stagecraft by key practitioners. Articles also explore...
This volume captures the rich diversity of European performance practice evident in the twentieth and early part of the twenty-first century. Written ...
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1424,43 zł |
A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century I
ISBN: 9780367462154 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Theatre Worlds in Motion
ISBN: 9789042007628 / Angielski / Twarda / 780 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theatre Worlds in Motion aims to clarify the different theatre traditions and practices in Western Europe from a historical and sociological perspective. The book grew out of a perceived need among theatre scholars who had recognised that, while they understood the theatre system of their own country, they often found it difficult to discover how it compared with other countries. The chapters analyse the basic components and dynamics of theatre systems in seventeen Western European nations in order to elucidate how the systems function in general and how they vary in different...
Theatre Worlds in Motion aims to clarify the different theatre traditions and practices in Western Europe from a historical and sociological pe...
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1438,50 zł |
Ecclesiastical London
ISBN: 9780802098580 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This extensively researched volume is an important addition to the REED series and will be fascinating to those interested in the history of London and of the theatre in general.
This extensively researched volume is an important addition to the REED series and will be fascinating to those interested in the history of London an...
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1460,05 zł |
Elizabethan Popular Theatre : Plays in Performance
ISBN: 9780415353175 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Mucedorus, Edward II, Doctor Faustus and Titus Andronicus, as well as providing a comprehensive history of a variety of contemporary playhouse stages, performances, and players.
Describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Muc...
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1475,30 zł |
European Theatre Performance Practice, 1580-1750
ISBN: 9781409419129 / Angielski / Twarda / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents foundational and representative essays of the last half century on theatre performance practice during the period 1580 to 1750. The particular focus is on the nature of playing spaces, staging, acting and audience response in professional theatre and the selection of previously published research articles and book chapters includes significant works on topics such as Shakespearean staging, French and Spanish theatre audiences, the challenging aspects of the evolution of Italian renaissance acting practice, and the 'hidden' dimensions of performance. The essays provide...
This volume presents foundational and representative essays of the last half century on theatre performance practice during the period 1580 to 1750. T...
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European Theatre Performance Practice, 1750-1900
ISBN: 9781409411987 / Angielski / Twarda / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains key articles and chapters which represent both seminal and innovative scholarship on European theatre performance practice from 1750 to 1900. The selected topics focus on acting and performance, staging (including set design and lighting), and audiences, and are approached with a broad perspective as well as with in-depth, focussed analysis. The volume captures the rich, dynamic and variegated nature of European theatre throughout the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and provides a carefully selected body of significant texts on this important period of theatre...
This volume contains key articles and chapters which represent both seminal and innovative scholarship on European theatre performance practice from 1...
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1475,30 zł |
Bram Stoker and the Stage: Reviews, Reminiscences, Essays and Fiction
ISBN: 9781848931428 / Angielski / Twarda / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though best known as the author of 'Dracula' (1897), Bram Stoker had a successful career in the theatre. This collection brings together all Stoker's theatrical reviews from Dublin's Evening Mail, his published essays and interviews on the theatre, selections from 'Reminiscences of Henry Irving', and a fictional work on the theatre. This critical edition contains an introduction on Stoker and the theatre, extensive notes on the texts included and an index. It will be of interest to scholars of literature, theatre history, Victorian society and cultural studies.
Though best known as the author of 'Dracula' (1897), Bram Stoker had a successful career in the theatre. This collection brings together all Stoker's ...
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1526,18 zł |
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 3: Africa
ISBN: 9780415059312 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The series of which this volume forms part of, is an international co-operative publication on the history of world theatre. In six volumes, WECT documents artistic development all over the world, country by country, region by region. Volumes one and two, are on Europe and the Americas respectively and are published. This third volume in the series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on 44 African countries are featured, preceded by introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences...
The series of which this volume forms part of, is an international co-operative publication on the history of world theatre. In six volumes, WECT docu...
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1653,36 zł |
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 2: The Americas
ISBN: 9780415059299 / Angielski / Twarda / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume of The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on 26 countries are preceded by specialist introductions on theatre in post-colonial Latin America, the theatres of North America, puppet theatre, theatre for young audiences, music theatre and dance theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referencing, both within this volume and between volumes. Each national entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional...
The second volume of The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entrie...
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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe
ISBN: 9780415059282 / Angielski / Twarda / 1064 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre is a large international co-operative undertaking focusing on the history of world theatre. In six volumes, it aims to document artistic development all over the world, country by country, region by region. International and detailed, coverage includes playwriting, music theatre, dance theatre, theatre for young audiences, puppet theatre, design, architecture and developments in theatre technology, theatre training, criticism and scholarship. The work is a project of The International Theatre Institute, The International Federation for Theatre...
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre is a large international co-operative undertaking focusing on the history of world theatre. In six volu...
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