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Author Kernodle, George Riley, 1907-

Title Invitation to the theatre / George Kernodle, Portia Kernodle
Edition Brief second edition
Published New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1978]
©1978

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Description ix, 370 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Prologue : What is theatre? -- pt. 1. The theatre of exaltation : Greek tragedy. The tragic vision -- The classic age of tragedy -- Greek tragedy on the modern stage -- The modern festival theatre -- pt. 2. The theatre of exaltation : from medieval drama to modern tragedy. Christian drama of the Middle Ages -- Tragedy in sixteenth-century England -- Neoclassic tragedy -- Modern tragedy -- pt. 3. The theatre of laughter : farce and high comedy. The ways of comedy -- Traditions of comedy -- Farce, or 'low' comedy -- High comedy -- pt. 4. The theatre of romance. Development of the romantic ideals -- Romance in the modern theatre -- Grand opera -- Romantic dance -- The musical -- A picture stage for romance -- Romance as psychological structure -- pt. 5. The theatre of realism. The philosophy of naturalism -- Champions of strong realism -- Impressionism : muted realism --New theatres and a new acting method -- Factual realism on screen and stage -- Film realism after World War II -- Realism on the television screen -- pt. 6. Realism transformed. Theatrical blends -- Selected realism -- Stylized realism -- Oriental realism -- Epic realism -- The persistence of realism and naturalism -- pt. 7. The theatre of disruption. Symbolism and the inner drama -- Expressionism -- Existentialism in the theatre -- The theatre of the absurd -- Promise of reconstruction -- pt. 8. A liberated theatre. The youth rebellion -- Black liberation -- Some avant-garde groups -- Some results of the liberation -- Dance in contemporary theatre -- Recovery of the past -- A theatre of complexity -- pt. 9. Planning the production. Convention and style -- Structure and texture -- pt. 10. Rehearsal and performance. Director and actor -- Actor and audience -- pt. 11. Design for the theatre. The setting -- Four methods of design -- The costumes -- The lighting -- Epilogue : The pleasure of your company
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliography
Subject Drama.
Theater.
Author Kernodle, Portia.
LC no. 77092752
ISBN 0155469231