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On stage; a history of theatre.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Vera Mowry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dislam, Robert L. (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1)
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 534 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper and Row, 1962.
- Contents:
- The ever-present beginnings
- Drama in ancient Egypt
- The golden age of Greece
- Imitations and innovations of the Romans
- Theatre in the Middle Ages
- Renaissance theatre in Italy, France, and Germany - Shakespeare and the Elizabethans
- Spanish theatre in the Renaissance
- The golden days in France
- The restoration in England
- Developments in England and America
- Cross-currents in continental theatre
- Oriental theatre
- European romanticism
- Commercial theatre in England and America
- Theatre's great revolution
- Theatre today
- Summing up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-527).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 signed by Robert L. Dislam with ms. note "Please Return!" on front flyleaf.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has ms. note "Kim S[...]" on front flyleaf.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Roberts, Vera Mowry. On stage.
- OCLC:
- 273442
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