Author: Robert Farquharson Sharp
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. L. Styan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-07-13
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521556361
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Charles Dibdin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-22
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780331650907
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Complete History of the English Stage, Vol. 3 At the birth of shakespear, italy had fairly flruggled with Enor AN n for pre eminence in the dramatic art for nearly fifty years, and 1t cannot be denied that the oppofition was very formidable as to talents; for, during the life of leo the tenth, which fome'of the critics have dillmguifhed by the pomp ous title of the Italian Augullan Age, led on by the prelate TR 1551 no, and the cardinal Bra 1 E N A, almoll: the whole of that groop of authors who were pa tronized by laurence of'm'entcrs, joined their united labours againfi buckhurst, still, and Other authorswho followed herwoon; and who, by their ingenious and meritorious labours gave the Englilh theatre the firft lift towards regularity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.