Publication date: 2006-04-24
List Price: $225.00
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Review The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia dell'Arte, 1560-1620, with Special Reference to the Visual Records (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen ... Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichende) / Editions Rodopi BV:Italian comedians attracted audiences to performances at every level, from the magnificent Italian, German and French court festival appearances of Orlando di Lasso or Isabella Andreini, to the humble street trestle 'lazzi' of anonymous quacks. The characters they inspired continue to exercise a profound cultural influence, and an understanding of the 'commedia dell'arte' and its visual record is fundamental for scholars of post-1550 European drama, literature, art and music. The 340 plates presented here are considered in the light of the rise and spread of 'commedia' stock types, and especially Harlequin, Zanni and the actresses. Intensively researched in public and private collections in Oxford, Munich, Florence, Venice, Paris and elsewhere, they complement the familiar images of Jacques Callot and the Stockholm 'Recueil Fossard' within a framework of hundreds of significant pictures still virtually unknown in this context. These range from anonymous popular prints to pictures by artists such as Ambrogio Brambilla, Sebastian Vrancx, Jan Bruegel, Louis de Caulery, Marten de Vos, and members of the Valckenborch and Francken clans. This volume, essential for 'commedia dell'arte' specialists, represents an invaluable reference resource for scholars, students, theatre practitioners and artists concerned with 'commedia'-related aspects of visual, dramatic and festival culture, in and beyond Italy.
Publication date: 1996-04
Dewey code: 822.914
Price: $37.95
Review Politics in Performance: The Production Work of Edward Bond, 1978-1990 (Artists and Issues in the Theatre) / Peter Lang Publishing:
Publication date: 1984-07-27
Dewey code: 782.830924
Price: $69.95
Review Henry Purcell and the London Stage / Cambridge University Press:This book was the first comprehensive survey of Purcell's dramatic music. It is concerned as much with the London theatre world - playhouses, poets, actors, singers, producers - as with the music itself. Purcell wrote music for more than fifty plays of various types, most of them produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, between 1690 and 1695. The songs, dialogues, choruses, act tunes and larger musical scenes are often active participants in the spoken drama, not simply grafted-on entertainments. The extraordinary semi-operas - Dioclesian, King Arthur, and The Fairy-Queen - are placed in the context of a theatre that thrived mainly on plays that, though less lavish, were no less musical. The traditional picture of a composer trapped within a degraded musical society, his natural predilection for opera ignored, is redrawn to show a consummate dramatist exploiting a remarkably musical theatre.
Creator: Lawrence J. Trudeau
Publication date: 2008-07
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significatn and Widely Studied Dramatic Works from All the World's Literatures (Drama Criticism) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 2008-09
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
Publication date: 2001-10-01
Dewey code: 942.055092
List Price: $180.00
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Review Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'D / Quite Specific Media Group Ltd:The vast wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth I is legendary: in her own time some of the richly embroidered gowns were displayed with other treasures to dazzle the eyes of foreign visitors to the Tower of London. The quantity of clothes recorded in the inventories taken in 1600 would seem to suggest sheer vanity, but a survey of work carried out in the Wardrobe of Robes throughout the reign reveals a different picture. It is one of careful organization and economy. This work on the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth I is illustrated with photographs of portraits, minatures, tomb sculptures, engravings, woven textiles and embroiders. Two indexes are provided: the first of paintings, persons, places and events; the second offering information on fashionable dress and accessories.
Creator: Lawrence J. Trudeau
Publication date: 2008-11-28
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Dramatic Works from All the World's Literatures (Drama Criticism) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 2009-05-08
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
Publication date: 2007-02-19
Dewey code: 372
List Price: $300.00
Price: $180.00
Review CSS Picture Collection: Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge School Shakespeare) / Cambridge University Press:Help students to explore intepretation, staging and performace. An innovative addition to the best-selling Cambridge School Shakespeare series, the Romeo and Juliet Picture Collection CD-ROM enables teachers and students to explore performance annd interpretation of the play. This CD-ROM contains 80 production photographs from stage and film versions of Romeo and Juliet, all accompanied by on-screen questions to help stimulate discussion and develop students' ability to compare and contrast. Features include: audio recordings of key moments from the play; tools to annotate the images; the ability to import new images and create storyboards; and a wealth of printable teachers' support material, including editable worksheets which are fully differentiated for use with stidents aged from 11-19. This CD-ROM is fully networkable and is for use both on an interactive whiteboard and on individual computers.
Creator: Lawrence J. Trudeau
Publication date: 2008-07
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studies Dramatic Works from All the World's Literatures (Drama Criticism) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 1825
Review Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq. Including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. Two volumes in one / Philadelphia: Robert H. Small:
Publication date: 2009-05-08
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1981-11
Review Bed of Nails / O'Brien Press Ltd:
Edition: Originalausg
Publication date: 1984
Review Theater im 20. Jahrhundert: Programmschriften, Stilperioden, Reformmodelle (Rororo Handbuch) / Rowohlt:
Publication date: 1985-06-13
Price: $40.95
Review Clowns and Pantomimes / Ayer Company:
Publication date: 2009-08-07
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
Publication date: 2004-03
Dewey code: 792
Price: $20.00
Review Music Theatre: History and Development in North America / Mosaic Press (NY):
Publication date: 2009-05-29
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
Creator: John J. MacAloon
Publication date: 1984-06
Dewey code: 790.2
Price: $32.50
Review Rite, Drama, Festival, Spectacle: Rehearsals Toward a Theory of Cultural Performance / Inst for the Study of Human Is:
Publication date: 2008-09
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00
Review Drama Criticism / Gale Group:
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Including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. Two volumes in one, Drama Criticism, Bed of Nails, Theater im 20. Jahrhundert: Programmschriften, Stilperioden, Reformmodelle (Rororo Handbuch), Clowns and Pantomimes, Drama Criticism, Music Theatre: History and Development in North America, Drama Criticism, Rite, Drama, Festival, Spectacle: Rehearsals Toward a Theory of Cultural Performance, Drama CriticismTop headlines: Bison roundup shows species' prairie recovery: Bison are no longer in danger of extinction. With more than 500,000 living in North America, the animals can be found on private ranches, public parks and wildlife preserves. ›19:57 28 Nov, Fri We're too poor to keep our children: What happens when you can no longer afford your family? 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