Author: Eric BentleyPublisher: New American Library of Canada
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Genius of the Italian Theater
Author: Eric BentleyPublisher: New American Library of Canada
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Genius of the Italian Theatre. Edited by Eric Bentley. [An Anthology of Plays and Essays.].
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Author: Eric Russell BENTLEYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The genius of the Italian theatre
Author: The Genius of the Italian Theater. Edited by Eric Bentley
Author: Eric BentleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A History of Italian Theatre
Author: Joseph FarrellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521802652
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A history of Italian theatre from its origins to the the time of this book's publication in 2006. The text discusses the impact of all the elements and figures integral to the collaborative process of theatre-making. The distinctive nature of Italian theatre is expressed in the individual chapters by highly regarded international scholars.
Memoirs of Carlo Goldoni
Author: Carlo GoldoniPublisher: New York : A.A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Sprezzatura
Author: Peter D'EpiroPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038572019X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? “Sprezzatura,” or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in The Book of the Courtier. No one has demonstrated effortless mastery throughout history quite like the Italians. From the Roman calendar and the creator of the modern orchestra (Claudio Monteverdi) to the beginnings of ballet and the creator of modern political science (Niccolò Machiavelli), Sprezzatura highlights fifty great Italian cultural achievements in a series of fifty information-packed essays in chronological order.
The Genius of the Scandinavian Theater
Author: Evert SprinchornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavian drama
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
Twentieth-century Italian Drama: The first fifty years
Author: Jane HousePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231071185
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This volume of Twentieth-Century Italian Drama covers the period spanning from the end of the nineteenth century to that immediately following World War II, displaying the rich breadth of Italian theater in the modern age, from the comedic legacy carried on by such writers as Eduardo De Filippo to the delicate tragedy of playwrights like Federigo Tozzi.Included are seven full-length plays, five one-act plays, one variety sketch, and three futurist sintesi (sketches). Brief introductions preceding each play contextualize the piece within the various movements in Italian theater, and biographies of the editors and translators appear at the end of the volume. An extensive bibliography offers many suggestions for further reading in English.The playwrights included are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ettore Petrolini, Raffaele Viviani, Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, Federigo Tozzi, Massimo Bontempelli, Achille Campanile, Italo Svevo, Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ugo Betti.
The Genius of Italy
Author: Leonardo OlschkiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Story of Italy from the tenth to the twentieth century.