Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933

Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933

Author: V. Hohman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-08-29

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0230119905

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Examining the work of impresarios, financiers, and the press as well as the artists themselves, Hohman demonstrates how a variety of Russian theatrical styles were introduced and incorporated into American theatre and dance during the beginning of the twentieth century.


Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34

Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34

Author: Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2015-12-31

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0817371095

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The 2015 volume of Theatre History Studies presents a collection of five critical essays examining the intersection of theatre studies and historiography as well as twenty-five book reviews highlighting recent scholarship in this thriving field.


On the Performance Front

On the Performance Front

Author: C. Canning

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1137543302

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This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.


Theatre, Youth, and Culture

Theatre, Youth, and Culture

Author: Manon van de Water

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-12-23

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1137056657

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There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances (social, cultural, economic, ideological, and political) under which theatre for children and youth is generated and perceived. This book explores different aspect of theatre for young audiences using examples from theatrical events globally.


Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama

Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama

Author: L. Vidler

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-09

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1137437073

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Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods.


The Routledge Companion to Stanislavsky

The Routledge Companion to Stanislavsky

Author: Andrew White

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1136281851

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Stanislavsky’s system of actor-training has revolutionised modern theatre practice, and he is widely recognised to be one of the great cultural innovators of the twentieth century. The Routledge Companion to Stanislavsky is an essential book for students and scholars alike, providing the first overview of the field for the 21st century. An important feature of this book is the balance between Stanislavsky’s theory and practice, as international contributors present scholarly and artistic interpretations of his work. With chapters including academic essays and personal narratives, the Companion is divided into four clear parts, exploring Stanislavsky on stage, as an acting teacher, as a theorist and finally as a theatre practitioner. Bringing together a dazzling selection of original scholarship, notable contributions include Anatoly Smeliansky on Stanislavsky’s letters; William D. Gunn on staging ideology at the Moscow Art Theatre; Sharon Marie Carnicke and David Rosen on opera; Rosemary Malague on the feminist perspective of new translations; W.B. Worthen on cognitive science; Julia Listengarten on the avant-garde; David Krasner on the System in America; and Dennis Beck on Stanislavsky’s legacy in non-realistic theatre.


Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen

Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen

Author: John W. Frick

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1137566450

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No play in the history of the American Stage has been as ubiquitous and as widely viewed as Uncle Tom's Cabin . This book traces the major dramatizations of Stowe's classic from its inception in 1852 through modern versions on film. Frick introduce the reader to the artists who created the plays and productions that created theatre history.


America’s First Regional Theatre

America’s First Regional Theatre

Author: J. Ullom

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1137394358

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The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.


Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World

Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World

Author: Chinua Thelwell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1317398793

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Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World presents a radical re-examination of the ways in which demographic shifts will impact theater and performance culture in the twenty-first century. Editor Chinua Thelwell brings together the revealing insights of artists, scholars, and organizers to produce a unique intersectional conversation about the transformative potential of theater. Opening with a case study of the New WORLD Theater and moving on to a fascinating range of essays, the book looks at five main themes: Changing demographics Future aesthetics Making institutional space Critical multiculturalism Polyculturalism


The Theatre of the Occult Revival

The Theatre of the Occult Revival

Author: E. Lingan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-19

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 113744861X

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This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.