History of the theatre /

History of the theatre /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Brockett, Oscar G, (Oscar Gross), 1923-2010
Edition:Foundation ed.
Imprint:Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, c2007.
Description:xii, 596 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Theater -- History.
Drama -- History and criticism.
Drama.
Theater.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7248730
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Other authors / contributors:Hildy, Franklin J. (Franklin Joseph), 1953-
ISBN:0205473601 (pbk.)
9780205473601 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Originally published: 1968.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The Origins of Theatre
  • The Theory of Ritual Origin
  • Performative Elements and Functions
  • Other Theories of Origin
  • Ancient Egypt and the Near East
  • 2. Theatre and Drama in Ancient Greece
  • The Origin of Tragedy
  • Tragedy in the Fifth Century
  • The Satyr Play
  • Greek Comedy in the Fifth Century
  • The Dramatic Festivals
  • Play Selection and Financing
  • The Chorus
  • Music and Dance
  • Costumes and Masks
  • Stages and Staging
  • Auditorium and Audience
  • Athenian Theatre after the Fifth Century
  • 3. Hellenistic and Roman Theatre
  • The Hellenistic Theatre
  • Dramatic Theory
  • New Comedy
  • Actors and Acting
  • Costumes
  • Theatre Architecture
  • Greek Mimes
  • The Roman Theatre
  • Etruscan and Oscan Antecedents
  • The Roman Context
  • Roman Festivals
  • Drama under the Roman Republic
  • Drama under the Roman Empire
  • Production Arrangements
  • Roman Theatre Architecture
  • Scenery
  • Actors and Acting
  • Masks and Costumes
  • Music
  • The Decline of the Theatre in Rome
  • 4. Cross-Currents of Theatre History: Asian, Byzantine, and Early Western Theatre
  • India
  • Sanskrit Drama
  • Sanskrit Performance
  • China
  • The Development of Chinese Literary Drama
  • Japan
  • Early Professional Theatre in Japan
  • Byzantium
  • The Byzantine Theatre
  • The Rise of Islam
  • Western European Theatre
  • The Theatre, 500 to 900 C.E
  • Monastery Theatrendash;Liturgical Drama and Comedy
  • Theatre in the High Middle Ages, 1050 to 1300 C.E
  • The Staging of Liturgical Drama
  • The Feast of Fools
  • Nonliturgical Drama
  • 5. European Theatre in the Late Middle Ages
  • Performances outside the Church
  • The Vernacular Religious Drama
  • The Stages
  • Scenery
  • Special Effects and Machinery
  • Audiences and Auditoriums
  • Music
  • Production Arrangements
  • The Director
  • Actors and Acting
  • Costumes
  • Secular Dramatic Forms
  • Farce
  • The Morality Play
  • Chambers of Rhetoric
  • Interludes and the Advent of Professional Acting.

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