Cambridge Companion to Theatre History

Klappentext A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it. Zusammenfassung This Companion offers students and general readers a lively set of essays on the why! when! where! what and how of writing theatre history. It considers how history is told! from whose point of view in our globalised world and what boundaries we might place around the notion of theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: why?; 1. Why theatre history? David Wiles; Part I. When?: Indicative Timeline: 2. Modernist theatre Stefan Hulfeld; 3. Baroque to romantic theatre Christopher Baugh; 4. Medieval, renaissance and early modern theatre David Wiles; 5. Classical theatre Erika Fischer-Lichte; Part II. Where?: 6. Liverpool Ros Merkin; 7. Finland S. E. Wilmer; 8. Egypt Hazem Azmy; 9. Traditional theatre: the case of Japanese Noh Diego Pellecchia; 10. Reflections on a global theatre history Marvin Carlson; Part III. What?: 11. The audience Willmar Sauter; 12. The art of acting Josette Féral; 13. Music theatre and musical theatre Zachary Dunbar; 14. Circus Marius Kwint; Part IV. How?: 15. The nature of historical evidence: a case study Thomas Postlewait; 16. The visual record: the case of Hamlet Barbara Hodgdon; 17. Museums, archives and collecting Fiona Macintosh; 18. Re:enactment Gilli Bush-Bailey; 19. The internet: history 2.0? Jacky Bratton and Grant Tyler Peterson.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Wiles, David (Royal Holloway Wiles, David Dymkowski Wiles
• Mitarbeit: Christine Dymkowski (Herausgeber), David Wiles (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9780521149839
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14983-9
• Seiten: 336
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; Sachbuch > Musik, Film, Theater