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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Plays and Players
Author: The Five Continents of Theatre
Author: Eugenio BarbaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004392939
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Five Continents of Theatre undertakes the exploration of the material culture of the actor, which involves the actors’ pragmatic relations and technical functionality, their behaviour, the norms and conventions that interact with those of the audience and the society in which actors and spectators equally take part. The material culture of the actor is organised around body-mind techniques (see A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology by the same authors) and auxiliary techniques whose variety concern: ■ the diverse circumstances that generate theatre performances: festive or civil occasions, celebrations of power, popular feasts such as carnival, calendar recurrences such as New Year, spring and summer festivals; ■ the financial and organisational aspects: costs, contracts, salaries, impresarios, tickets, subscriptions, tours; ■ the information to be provided to the public: announcements, posters, advertising, parades; ■ the spaces for the performance and those for the spectators: performing spaces in every possible sense of the term; ■ sets, lighting, sound, makeup, costumes, props; ■ the relations established between actor and spectator; ■ the means of transport adopted by actors and even by spectators. Auxiliary techniques repeat themselves not only throughout different historical periods, but also across all theatrical traditions. Interacting dialectically in the stratification of practices, they respond to basic needs that are common to all traditions when a performance has to be created and staged. A comparative overview of auxiliary techniques shows that the material culture of the actor, with its diverse processes, forms and styles, stems from the way in which actors respond to those same practical needs. The authors’ research for this aspect of theatre anthropology was based on examination of practices, texts and of 1400 images, chosen as exemplars.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Harlequin Empire
Author: David WorrallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317315480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.
Gertrude Stein and a Companion
Author: Win WellsPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573690358
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
"The play begins just after the death of Gertrude Stein. Her ghost returns to Alice B. Toklas and the genesis and development of their relationship is richly portrayed. Mr. Wells has truly captured the feeling, art, music and literature of Paris of those years, when Pablo and Ernest and Henri and all of Gertrude's friends spent their free time in the great writer's salon. This play is a director's dream. It flits back and forth in time as the actors play not only Gertrude and Alice but a host of famous people who were part of their lives."--Publisher's website.
The Era Almanack
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Victorian and Edwardian Theatres
Author: Victor GlasstonePublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Scotland's Splendid Theatres
Author: Bruce PeterPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
At their finest, Scotland's theatres and music halls were opulent pleasure palaces, whose designs enabled them to transport their patrons to worlds of fantasy. Others were rudimentary halls, ingeniously fashioned from old stables, farm buildings, or even industrial premises. From the first wooden booths of the Georgian era, through to modern structures, this is a study of the evolution of the theatre building in Scotland.
Edinburgh's Festival and King's Theatres Through Time
Author: Jack GillonPublisher: Through Time
ISBN: 9781445654607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces the history of two of Edinburgh's best-loved theatres, the changes that have taken place inside and out, and many of the legendary acts that have appeared over the years.