The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Author: Gerald Martin Bordman
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 694
ISBN-13: 0195169867
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The concise Oxford companion to the theatre
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780191727115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the Oxford Companion to the Theatre, this searchable database contains entries on theatrical styles, dramatists, performers, and directors, as well as information on theatres, festivals, and such technical topics as lighting, sound, and method acting.
American Musical Theatre
Author: Gerald Martin Bordman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGerald Bordman's American Musical Theatre has become a landmark book since its publication in 1978. It chronicles American musicals, show by show and season by season, and offers a running commentary and assessment as well as providing the basic facts about each production. This updated edition includes the new shows that have opened on Broadway since the original publication. Also included are over a hundred musicals that were turn-of-the-century, cheap-priced touring shows which never played Broadway, but were the training ground for many theatre greats.
The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
Author: Dennis Kennedy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010-08-26
Total Pages: 705
ISBN-13: 0199574197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative reference covering primarily actors, playwrights, directors, styles and movements, companies and organizations.
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English
Author: Jenny Stringer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 774
ISBN-13: 0192122711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurvey of twentieth century English-language writers and writing from around the world, celebrating all major genres, with entries on literary movements, periodicals, more than 400 individual works, and articles on approximately 2,400 authors.
Theatres of India
Author: Ananda Lal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheatres of India, edited by Professor Ananda Lal, is a comprehensive and accessible guide to theatre in India. The volume surveys both rural and urban modes of Indian theatre across its history of over 2000 years. The first section brings together entries that discuss theatres of India's linguistic regions. The second section includes entries on specific forms and genres, as well as on topics such as street theatre, music, and Tagore's dramatic oeuvre. The book avoids both the Western scholarship's obsession with traditional Asian forms of performance, as well as Indian city-based theatre workers' view that traditional forms do not even qualify as 'theatre'. 'Theatre' in this volume is defined as any form that contains theatre's fundamental element, acting. Importantly, the entries are accompanied by photographs of performances that allow us to view the 'visual-ness' of India's performance forms. In keeping with the highest standards of international reference publishing, Ananda Lal has compiled and edited material from several contributors so that each entry allows us to tap individual documentation and knowledge. Also included in this pioneering, authoritative, and collective resource are short bibliographies for every entry on the regional theatres. Theatres of India will be useful for general readers, theatre professionals, as well as students and researchers of theatre and performance studies.
Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919
Author: Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011-02-18
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 0810877724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the venue Off Broadway has long been the birthplace of innovative and popular musicals, there have been few studies of these influential works. Long-running champs, such as The Fantasticks and Little Shop of Horrors, are discussed in many books about American musicals, but what of the hundreds of other Off-Broadway musicals? In Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919, Thomas Hischak looks at more than 375 musicals, which are described, discussed, and analyzed, with particular attention given to their books, scores, performers, and creators. Presented chronologically and divided into chapters for each decade, beginning with the landmark musical Greenwich Village Follies (1919), the book culminates with the satiric The Toxic Avenger (2009). In this volume, any work of consequence is covered, especially if it was popular or influential, but also dozens of more obscure musicals are included to illustrate the depth and breadth of Off Broadway. Works that introduced an important artistic talent, from performers to songwriters, are looked at, and the selection represents the various trends and themes that made Off Broadway significant. In addition to essential data about each musical, the plot and score are described, the success (or lack of) is chronicled, and an opinionated commentary discusses the work's merits and influences on the musical theatre in general. The first book of its kind, this highly readable volume will please both the theatre scholar and the average musical theatre patron or fan.
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
Author: Eugene Benson
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1199
ISBN-13: 9780195411676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains over 1,100 entries covering mainly English-Canadian literature, and including new author and title entries, as well as extensive genre surveys.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author: Sir Paul Harvey
Publisher:
Published: 1932
Total Pages: 888
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Author: Phyllis Hartnoll
Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780192811028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA handbook for the theatre-goer, this book has an international range and contains information on actors and actresses, theatrical companies and theatre buildings, and dramatists from Sophocles to Pinter. It also covers technical terms, and explains practical and historical aspects of stagecraft.
