The English Stage: A History of Drama and Performance - Brossura

Styan, J. L.

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ISBN 10: 0521556368 ISBN 13: 9780521556361

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetime's study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.

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"...very informative....provides extremely helpful accounts of the various nonverbal aspects of dramatic performance in the early modern theater." Studies in English Literature

Descrizione del libro:

The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521556368
• ISBN 13: 9780521556361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 452