Author: William Rufus ChetwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A General History Of The Stage From Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present Time
Author: William Rufus ChetwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A General History of the Stage
Author: William Rufus ChetwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A General History of the Stage
Author: Luigi RiccoboniThe Theatres of Boston
Author: Donald C. KingPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786438747
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The theatre had a difficult time establishing itself in Massachusetts. Colonial authorities in Boston were adamantly opposed to theatrical amusements of any kind. In the mid-eighteenth century, even theatricals performed in the homes of private citizens aroused the indignant ire of puritanically minded authorities. In 1750 the General Court of Massachusetts passed an act prohibiting stage plays or any other theatrical entertainment. In 1762, the New Hampshire House of Representatives refused a theatre troupe admission to the town of Portsmouth on the ground that plays had a "peculiar influence on the minds of young people and greatly endangered their morals by giving them a taste for intriguing amusement and pleasure." The first public dramatic performance in Boston was produced at a coffeehouse on State Street by two English actors and some local volunteers. In 1775 General John Burgoyne, himself an actor and playwright, converted Boston's Faneuil Hall into a theatre, where he presented, among other pieces, The Blockade of Boston. After the Revolutionary War, in February 1794, the dramatic history of Boston may be said to have begun with the opening of the Boston Theatre. The history of Boston theatres from the eighteenth century through the present is covered in this well illustrated work. Although the theatre had a somewhat rocky beginning, by 1841 more than 15 theatre houses--including the Boston Theatre, Concert Hall, Merchants Hall, Boylston Hall, the Washington Gardens Amphitheatre, the Tremont Theatre, the Washington Theatre, the American Amphitheatre, the Federal Street Theatre, Mr. Saubert's Theatre, the Lion Theatre, the National Theatre (which boasted gas lighting), and the Howard Athenaeum--were all established. After these first theatres paved the way and puritanical restraint had been overcome, the public's enthusiasm for varied entertainment prevailed and theatres proliferated in the city. This book details the long and storied history of Boston theatre construction, alteration, restoration, and, in many cases, destruction. Information is also provided about building architecture, types of performances, ticket prices and other interesting data about each theatre's history.
A General History of the Stage ... with Two Essays; on the Art of Speaking in Public, and a Comparison Between the Antient and Modern Drama. Translated from ... Riccoboni. The Second Edition. To which is Prefixed, An Introductory Discourse Concerning the Present State of the English Stage, Etc
Author: Luigi RICCOBONIA General History of the Stage
Author: Making the Scene
Author: Oscar G. BrockettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A lively, beautifully illustrated history of theatrical stage design from ancient Greek times to the present, coauthored by the world's leading authority, Oscar G. Brockett.
A General History of the Stage
Author: Luigi RiccoboniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History
Author: K. ReillyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230347541
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The automaton, known today as the robot, can be seen as a metaphor for the historical period in which it is explored. Chapters include examinations of Iconoclasm's fear that art might surpass nature, the Cartesian mind/body divide, automata as objects of courtly desire, the uncanny Olympia, and the revolutionary Robots in post-WWI drama.
The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage
Author: Jan SewellPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030238288
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
This book brings together nearly 40 academics and theatre practitioners to chronicle and celebrate the courage, determination and achievements of women on stage across the ages and around the globe. The collection stretches from ancient Greece to present-day Australasia via the United States, Soviet Russia, Europe, India, South Africa and Japan, offering a series of analytical snapshots of women performers, their work and the conditions in which they produced it. Individual chapters provide in-depth consideration of specific moments in time and geography while the volume as a whole and its juxtapositions stimulate consideration of the bigger picture, underlining the challenges women have faced across cultures in establishing themselves as performers and the range of ways in which they gained access to the stage. Organised chronologically, the volume looks not just to the past but the future: it challenges the very notions of ‘history’, ‘stage’ and even the definition of ‘women’ itself.