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World theatre; an illustrated history.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gascoigne, Bamber.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 335 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- World theater
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1968]
- Summary:
- World Theatre covers an enormous range- both spatial and temporal- four thousand years of man's experimentation with and involvement in the theatrical experience. The story is told from the unique vantage point of actual theatre illustrations: sketches, drawings, engravings, paintings, and diagrams.--[book jacket].
- Contents:
- The beginnings
- The classical era
- The east
- The Middle Ages
- The Renaissance
- The Golden Age
- The European style
- The Nineteenth century
- The modern theatre.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has clipping "A Fine, Overdue History Takes Stock of a Throwaway Art" from Life Book Review laid in at front.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gascoigne, Bamber. World theatre.
- OCLC:
- 331687
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