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A primer in theatre history : from the Greeks to the Spanish golden age / William Grange ; with illustrations by Mallory Prucha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grange, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Grange covers productions, theories, innovations, and plays from ancient Greece to the Spanish Golden Age. It does not read like a scholarly tome as its chapters allow the uninitiated reader access to well-researched and often humorous material. Descriptions of films augment discussions of theatre, helping readers better analyze theatre performance.
- Contents:
- The origin of theatre in Athens
- Rome: republic and empire
- The theatre of the Middle Ages
- The theatre of the Italian Renaissance
- The classical theatre of Asia
- The theatre of France to 1658
- The theatre of Spain in the Siglo de oro
- The theatre of Elizabethan England
- The German theatre to 1700.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-6004-5
- OCLC:
- 843861861
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