The theatre; three thousand years of drama, acting, and stagecraft.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, McKay [1972]Edition: Rev. and reset illustrated ed., with a new bibliographyDescription: xv, 710 p. illus. 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792/.09
LOC classification:
  • PN2101 .C5 1972
Contents:
The theatre, human and divine -- Where the theatre came from, and when -- Tragedy: the noble Greeks -- Comedy: Greece and Rome -- Sensuous and intellectual theatres: the Orient -- The theatre in the church -- The mediœval spirit and the stage -- The glorious Renaissance -- with reservations -- A pretty interlude -- pastoral and operatic -- The vulgar popular comedy -- The chivalrous theatre of Spain -- Shakespeare -- The Puritans and the chapel of Satan -- Kings, courtesans, and dramatists of France -- Opera, picturing, and acting -- "Sturm und Drang" -- The theatre and the birth of democracy -- Romanticism: the theatre as escape -- Well-made plays and pretty scenery: Victorianism -- Realism: photography and journalism on the stage -- The theatre and its swell relations: the other arts -- The theatre of the early twentieth century -- The rise of production as an art -- Machine-age developments: moving pictures, radio, television -- The theatre in mid-century.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PN2102.C5 1972 1 Available 33710000497417

Bibliography: p. 677-688.

WAR, NEWBERY,

The theatre, human and divine -- Where the theatre came from, and when -- Tragedy: the noble Greeks -- Comedy: Greece and Rome -- Sensuous and intellectual theatres: the Orient -- The theatre in the church -- The mediœval spirit and the stage -- The glorious Renaissance -- with reservations -- A pretty interlude -- pastoral and operatic -- The vulgar popular comedy -- The chivalrous theatre of Spain -- Shakespeare -- The Puritans and the chapel of Satan -- Kings, courtesans, and dramatists of France -- Opera, picturing, and acting -- "Sturm und Drang" -- The theatre and the birth of democracy -- Romanticism: the theatre as escape -- Well-made plays and pretty scenery: Victorianism -- Realism: photography and journalism on the stage -- The theatre and its swell relations: the other arts -- The theatre of the early twentieth century -- The rise of production as an art -- Machine-age developments: moving pictures, radio, television -- The theatre in mid-century.