The Cambridge History of British Theatre 3 Volume Paperback Set

Herausgeber: Milling, Jane; Kershaw, Baz; Donohue, Joseph; Thomson, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

A major illustrated history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1738
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 91mm
• Gewicht: 2767g
• ISBN-13: 9781107497115
• ISBN-10: 1107497116
• Artikelnr.: 42318123

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1. Origins to 1660: General preface
Chronology
Part I. Pre-Elizabethan Theatre: 1. From Roman to Renaissance in drama and theatre
2. Faith, pastime, performance and drama in Scotland to 1603
3. The Bible as play in Reformation England
4. Drama in 1553: continuity and change
Part II. Elizabethan Theatre: 5. The development of a professional theatre, 1540-1660
6. Drama outside London after 1540
7. 'An example of courtesy and liberality': great households and performance
8. The birth of an industry
9. Theatre and controversy, 1572-1603
10. The condition of theatre in England in 1599
11. Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour: a case study
12. London professional playhouses and performances
Part III. Jacobean and Caroline Theatre: 13. Working playwrights, 1580-1642
14. Theatre and controversy, 1603-42
15. The Stuart masque and its makers
16. Clowns, fools and knaves: stages in the evolution of acting
17. Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess: a case study
18. The condition of the theatres in 1642
19. Theatre and Commonwealth
Works cited
Index. Volume 2. 1660-1895: Preface and acknowledgements
Timeline: 1660 to 1894
Part I. 1660-1800: 1. Introduction: the theatre from 1660 to 1800
2. Theatres and repertory
3. Theatre and the female presence
4. Theatre, politics and morality
5. Theatre companies and regulation
6. The Beggar's Opera: a case study
7. Garrick at Drury Lane, 1747-76
8. Theatre outside London, 1660-1775
9. 1776: a critical year in perspective
10. The theatrical revolution, 1776-1843
Part II. 1800 to 1895: 11. Introduction: the theatre from 1800 to 1895
12. Presence, personality and physicality: actors and their repertoires, 1776-1895
13. Theatres, their architecture and their audiences
14. Stage design from Loutherbourg to Poel
15. Theatre and mid-Victorian society, 1851-1870
16. Gendering Victorian theatre
17. Popular entertainment, 1776-1895
18. The Bells: a case study
a 'bare-ribbed skeleton' in a chest
19. The new drama and the old theatre
20. 1895: a critical year in perspective
Bibliography of works cited
Index. Volume 3. Since 1895: Acknowledgements
Chronology
List of illustrations
Part I. 1895-1946: 1. British theatre, 1895-1946: art, entertainment, audiences - an introduction
2. The London stage, 1895-1918
3. Provincial stages, 1900-1934: touring and early repertory theatre
4. Popular theatre, 1896-1940
5. Case study: Cicely Hamilton's Diana of Dobson's, 1908
6. A critical year in perspective: 1926
7. The London stage, 1918-45
8. Social commitment and aesthetic innovation, 1895-1946
PART II. Scottish and Welsh Theatres, 1895-2002: 9. Towards national identities: theatre in Scotland
10. Case study: Ena Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep, 1947
11. Towards national identities: Welsh theatres
12. Case study: refashioning a myth, performances of the tale of Blodeuwedd
Part III. 1940-2002: 13. British theatre, 1940-2002: an introduction
14. The establishment of mainstream theatre, 1946-79
15. Alternative theatres, 1946-2000
16. Developments in the profession of theatre, 1946-2000
17. Case study: Theatre Workshop's Oh What a Lovely War, 1963
18. 1979 and after: a view
19. British theatre and commerce, 1979-2000
20. New theatre for new times: decentralisation, innovation and pluralism, 1975-2000
21. Theatre in Scotland in the 1990s and beyond
22. Theatre in Wales in the 1990s and beyond
23. English theatre in the 1990s and beyond
Bibliography
Index.