The Development of the Theatre / by Allardyce Nicoll
1952, Third Edition. London : Harrap. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #406266
Physical description; 317 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plans 27 cm. Contents; Introductory : theatres of the Orient -- The Greek heritage -- The Ancient Athenian theatre -- The scene-buildings and the stage -- The Hellenistic theatre -- Graeco-Roman theatres -- Machines -- Acting and production -- The unities and the acts -- Masks and costumes -- The Roman theatre -- The playhouses -- Actors, costumes and masks -- Performances in the Middle Ages -- Relics of the classical tradition -- The growth of the Medieval drama -- Medieval theatres and the Mise-en-Scene -- Machinery, effects, and costumes -- Actors and performance -- Tournaments, entries and disguising -- Renaissance Italy : court theatres and the painted scene -- The beginnings -- The painted scene -- The Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza -- Changeable scenery -- Renaissance France, England, and Spain -- France : relics of the Medieval stage -- The Elizabethan stage -- The Spanish corrales -- The Baroque and it's legacy -- The scenic spectacle -- Theatres of the Baroque age -- The theatre plan -- Costume : theatrical and realistic -- The theatre during the nineteenth century -- Realisms and lights -- The "mystic gulf" -- Mechanical theatres -- Theatres of the twentieth century -- Theatrical revolt -- The theatre of the thirties -- Post-war endeavour -- Appendix : the dialogues of Leone Di Somi. Subjects; Theater History. Drama History and criticism. Greek drama ; Critical studies.
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