| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Why theatre history? / David Wiles -- Modernist theatre / Stefan Hulfeld -- Baroque to romantic theatre / Christopher Baugh -- Medieval, renaissance and early modern theatre / David Wiles -- Classical theatre / Erika Fischer-Lichte -- Liverpool / Ros Merkin -- Finland / S.E. Wilmer -- Egypt / Hazem Azmy -- Traditional theatre: the case of Japanese Noh / Diego Pellecchia -- Reflections on a global theatre history / Marvin Carlson -- The audience / Willmar Sauter -- The art of acting / Josette Féral -- Music theatre and musical theatre / Zachary Dunbar -- Circus / Marius Kwint -- The nature of historical evidence: a case study / Thomas Postlewait -- The visual record: the case of Hamlet / Barbara Hodgdon -- Museums, archives and collecting / Fiona Macintosh -- Re:enactment / Gilli Bush-Bailey -- The internet: history 2.0? / Jacky Bratton and Grant Tyler Peterson |
| Summary |
"Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse international team of contributors investigates how theatre history has been constructed, showing how historical facts are tied to political and artistic agendas and explaining why history matters to us. Beginning with an introduction to the central narrative that traditionally informs our understanding of what theatre is, the book then turns to alternative points of view-- from other parts of the world and from the perspective of performers in fields such as music-theatre and circus. It concludes by looking at how history is written in the 'democratic' age of the Internet and offers a new perspective on theatre history in our globalised world."--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Part of Cambridge companions online |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Theater -- History
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dymkowski, Christine, 1950-
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Wiles, David
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| ISBN |
1139019651 (electronic bk.) |
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9781139019651 (electronic bk.) |
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