Author : Thomas Allston Brown
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 1903-01-01
Category : Theater
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Allston Brown
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Theater
ISBN :
Author : William Dunlap
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0252091035
As America passed from a mere venue for English plays into a country with its own nationally regarded playwrights, William Dunlap lived the life of a pioneer on the frontier of the fledgling American theatre, full of adventures, mishaps, and close calls. He adapted and translated plays for the American audience and wrote plays of his own as well, learning how theatres and theatre companies operated from the inside out. Dunlap's masterpiece, A History of American Theatre was the first of its kind, drawing on the author's own experiences. In it, he describes the development of theatre in New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina as well as Congress's first attempts at theatrical censorship. Never before previously indexed, this edition also includes a new introduction by Tice L. Miller.
Author : Oscar G. Brockett
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
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.
Author : James Fisher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 081087833X
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Joseph Jefferson, Ida Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edwin Booth, and many others. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater.
Author : Lloyd Suh
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0822239906
Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.
Author : Don B. Wilmeth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 30,4 MB
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521835380
New and updated encyclopedic guide to American theatre, from its earliest history to the present.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
ISBN :
Author : Claudia Durst Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476608946
Throughout nineteenth century America, religious officials often condemned the theatre as an inversion of the house of God, similar to the church in architectural structure and organization but wholly different in purpose and values. This book explores the many ways in which religious institutions supported by capitalism profoundly affected the early development of American theatre. The author analyzes the church's critical view toward common theatre practices, including the use of female and child performers, and the lower class alliance with the stage. Three appendices provide period correspondence, including an excerpt from Mark Twain's February 1871 "Memoranda," in which Twain criticizes an Episcopalian reverend for denying church burial to a popular stage comedian.
Author : John Kenrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1474267017
Musical Theatre: A History is a new revised edition of a proven core text for college and secondary school students – and an insightful and accessible celebration of twenty-five centuries of great theatrical entertainment. As an educator with extensive experience in professional theatre production, author John Kenrick approaches the subject with a unique appreciation of musicals as both an art form and a business. Using anecdotes, biographical profiles, clear definitions, sample scenes and select illustrations, Kenrick focuses on landmark musicals, and on the extraordinary talents and business innovators who have helped musical theatre evolve from its roots in the dramas of ancient Athens all the way to the latest hits on Broadway and London's West End. Key improvements to the second edition: · A new foreword by Oscar Hammerstein III, a critically acclaimed historian and member of a family with deep ties to the musical theatre, is included · The 28 chapters are reformatted for the typical 14 week, 28 session academic course, as well as for a two semester, once-weekly format, making it easy for educators to plan a syllabus and reading assignments. · To make the book more interactive, each chapter includes suggested listening and reading lists, designed to help readers step beyond the printed page to experience great musicals and performers for themselves. A comprehensive guide to musical theatre as an international phenomenon, Musical Theatre: A History is an ideal textbook for university and secondary school students.
