Author: John Dryden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The Spanish fryar, or, The double discovery. Acted at the Duke's Theatre
Epsom-Wells. A Comedy, Acted at the Duke's Theatre: Written by Tho. Shadwell
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill
Author: R. Darren Gobert
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408154536
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work for students and theatregoers. Each chapter illuminates connections across plays and explores major scripts alongside unpublished and unfinished projects. Each considers the rehearsal room, the stage, and the printed text. Each demonstrates how Churchill has pushed the boundaries of dramatic aesthetics while posing urgent political and theoretical questions. But since each maps Churchill's work in a different way, each deploys a different reading practice - for many approaches are necessary to characterise such a restlessly imaginative and prolific career. Through its five interlocking parts, The Theatre of Caryl Churchill tells a story about the playwright, her work, and its place in contemporary drama.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408154536
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work for students and theatregoers. Each chapter illuminates connections across plays and explores major scripts alongside unpublished and unfinished projects. Each considers the rehearsal room, the stage, and the printed text. Each demonstrates how Churchill has pushed the boundaries of dramatic aesthetics while posing urgent political and theoretical questions. But since each maps Churchill's work in a different way, each deploys a different reading practice - for many approaches are necessary to characterise such a restlessly imaginative and prolific career. Through its five interlocking parts, The Theatre of Caryl Churchill tells a story about the playwright, her work, and its place in contemporary drama.
Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre
Author: John Franceschina
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786450266
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own Broadway show. Though Ellington wrote many theatrical pieces, he was never able to achieve success as a composer for the stage, and today his stage shows receive little attention from music historians. Nevertheless, these works occupied a significant place in Ellington's creative imagination, and many of the ideas he employed in their composition found their way into his other work. Here is the first book to acknowledge Duke Ellington's contribution to the stage. It offers a survey of every theater piece Ellington is known to have worked on during his lifetime, beginning with the 1925 revue The Chocolate Kiddies and ending with the unfinished "street opera" Queenie Pie. This large body of work includes full-length musicals, African American revues, ballets, and incidental music. The plot of each work is described and the score analyzed according to its dramatic function in the piece. Musical phrases are reproduced in the text, and associations with other well-known Ellington compositions are noted. An appendix provides a chronological listing of Ellington's shows with song titles conveniently listed under each.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786450266
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own Broadway show. Though Ellington wrote many theatrical pieces, he was never able to achieve success as a composer for the stage, and today his stage shows receive little attention from music historians. Nevertheless, these works occupied a significant place in Ellington's creative imagination, and many of the ideas he employed in their composition found their way into his other work. Here is the first book to acknowledge Duke Ellington's contribution to the stage. It offers a survey of every theater piece Ellington is known to have worked on during his lifetime, beginning with the 1925 revue The Chocolate Kiddies and ending with the unfinished "street opera" Queenie Pie. This large body of work includes full-length musicals, African American revues, ballets, and incidental music. The plot of each work is described and the score analyzed according to its dramatic function in the piece. Musical phrases are reproduced in the text, and associations with other well-known Ellington compositions are noted. An appendix provides a chronological listing of Ellington's shows with song titles conveniently listed under each.
Duke's Diary
Author: Ken Vail
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810841192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Volume II of this two-volume set traces the artist's life and career month by month from the orchestra's return from an extended European tour in June 1950, to Ellington's death in 1974. Jazz historian and graphic designer Vail presents b & w photographs, newspaper reports, advertisements, reviews, and brief diary-type entries; he includes all known club, concert, theater, television, film, and jam sessions, as well as a selected list of recordings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810841192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Volume II of this two-volume set traces the artist's life and career month by month from the orchestra's return from an extended European tour in June 1950, to Ellington's death in 1974. Jazz historian and graphic designer Vail presents b & w photographs, newspaper reports, advertisements, reviews, and brief diary-type entries; he includes all known club, concert, theater, television, film, and jam sessions, as well as a selected list of recordings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Development of the Theatre
Author: Allardyce Nicoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Development of the Theatre
Author: Allardyce Nicoll M.A.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Doctor
Author: Robert Icke
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350382558
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
First, do no harm. How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it? Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke's gripping moral thriller uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality. After a critically acclaimed run at London's Almeida Theatre, The Doctor transferred to the West End in September 2022. This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the new production.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350382558
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
First, do no harm. How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it? Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke's gripping moral thriller uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality. After a critically acclaimed run at London's Almeida Theatre, The Doctor transferred to the West End in September 2022. This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the new production.
A History of Asian American Theatre
Author: Esther Kim Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521850517
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521850517
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
List of Books Chiefly on the Drama and Literary Criticism
Author: Columbia University. Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description