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Invitation to the theatre / George Kernodle, Portia Kernodle.
LIBRA - Special PN1655 .K4 1978
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kernodle, George R. (George Riley), 1907-1988.
- Kernodle, Portia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama.
- Theater.
- Pratchett, Terry--Dramatic production.
- Theaters.
- Local Subjects:
- Pratchett, Terry--Dramatic production.
- Theaters.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 370 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Brief second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1978]
- 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 bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kernodle, George Riley, 1907- Invitation to the theatre.
- ISBN:
- 0155469231
- 9780155469235
- OCLC:
- 4121116
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