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  • Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Respectable Capers'

    Class, Respectability and the Savoy Operas 1877–1909

    de Michael Goron ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This innovative account of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership provides a unique insight into the experience of both attending and performing in the original productions of the most influential and enduring pieces of English-language musical theatre.In the 1870s, Savoy impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte astutely realized that a conscious move to respectability in a West End which, until then, had ... Leer más

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  • Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen

    de Doug Taylor ...
    The history, heritage, and architectural significance of Toronto's most notable theatres and movie houses. Movie houses first started popping up around Toronto in the 1910s and '20s, in an era without television and before radio had permeated every household. Dozens of these grand structures were built and soon became an important part of the cultural and architectural fabric of the city. A ... Leer más

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  • A Most Ingenious Paradox

    The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan

    de Gayden Wren ...
    Written more than a century ago and initially regarded even by their creators as nothing more than light entertainment, the fourteen operas of Gilbert & Sullivan emerged over the course of the twentieth century as the world's most popular body of musical-theater works, ranking second only to Shakespeare in the history of English-language theater. Despite this resounding popularity and proven ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Popular Theatre in Political Culture

    Britain and Canada in focus

    The first comparative study on the history and practice of popular theatre in Britain and overseas. The fragmentation of social groups in the face of the global mass media has begun to threaten the survival of popular theatre companies. This study traces the development of various types of community theatre, from the '70s to the present day. Integrating a comparative history of popular theatre ... Leer más

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  • Stay, Illusion!

    The Hamlet Doctrine

    The figure of Hamlet haunts our culture like the ghost haunts Shakespeare’s melancholy Dane. Arguably, no literary work is more familiar to us. Everyone knows at least six words from Hamlet, and most people know many more. Yet the play—Shakespeare’s longest—is more than “passing strange,” and it becomes even more complex when considered closely.Reading Hamlet alongside other writers, philosophers, ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Introducing Bert Williams

    Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star

    It is not hard to argue that every black performer in show business owes something to Bert Williams. Discovered in California in 1890 by a minstrel troupe manager, Williams swiftly became a regular player in the troupe. Traveling on from the rough-and-ready "medicine shows" that then dotted the West, he rose through the ranks of big-time vaudeville in New York City, and finally ascended to the ... Leer más

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  • There Is Nothing Like a Dane!

    The Lighter Side of Hamlet

    Edición de Clive Francis ...
    There is Nothing Like a Dane is an affectionate compilation of mostly funny (but sometimes serious) bits and pieces about Hamlet - interwoven with Clive Francis's delectable caricatures of various members of the theatrical profession strutting their stuff.The great hall of fame is duly visited, though its inhabitants are not always as dignified as they would like to seem. Here are glimpses in word ... Leer más

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  • The Politics and Reception of Rabindranath Tagore's Drama

    The Bard on the Stage

    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This is the first volume to focus specifically on Rabindranath Tagore’s dramatic literature, visiting translations and adaptations of Tagore’s drama, and cross-cultural encounters in his works. As Asia’s first Nobel Laureate, Tagore’s highly original plays occupy a central position in the Indian theatrescape. Tagore experimented with dance, music, dance drama, and plays, exploring concepts of ... Leer más

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  • Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain

    Staging Crisis

    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre has provided a unifying forum, treating spectators as citizens. This book critically deals with representative plays and playwrights who have stood out in the UK and internationally in the post-recession era, delivering theatre that in the process of being truthful to the ... Leer más

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  • Another Part of a Long Story

    Literary Traces of Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton

    "An engrossing biography about the marital breakdown of a major literary figure, of particular interest for what it reveals about O'Neill's creative process, activities, and bohemian lifestyle at the time of his early successes and some of his most interesting experimental work. In addition, King's discussion of Boulton's efforts as a writer of pulp fiction in the early part of the 20th century ... Leer más

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  • Theatre in Pieces: Politics, Poetics and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

    An Anthology of Play Texts 1966 - 2010

    Edición de Anna Furse ...
    Series series Performance Books
    Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration is an innovative compilation of seven highly acclaimed productions by key practitioners of non-playwright-driven theatre. Each playtext is reproduced in full and accompanied by extensive notes from members of the original producing theatre. A substantial introduction by Anna Furse provides an overview of the works and ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • The Fool in European Theatre

    Stages of Folly

    de T. Prentki ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Büchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh. ... Leer más

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