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A Cultural History of Theatre

by: Watson, Jack; McKernie, Grant

A Cultural History of Theatre

by: Watson, Jack; McKernie, Grant

ISBN 13:
9780801306181
ISBN 10:
0801306183
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/28/1993
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

This comprehensive, multicultural text presents the history of theater within a framework of cultural and social ideas.

Illustrations

Preface

xiii

Introduction

(9)

Theatre and Its Origins

(5)

Masks in the Theatre

(2)

Theatre and Society

(1)

The Study of Theatre History

(3)

Sources for Further Study

(1)

Classical Athens

(28)

Social Ideas

(4)

Dionysus

(3)

Arts Ideas

(2)

Greek Theatre

(8)

Dramatic Literature

(1)

Early Drama: The Egyptian Evidence

(7)

Connections

(1)

Sources for Further Study

(2)

Rome

(26)

Social Ideas

(3)

The Theatre and the Christian Church

(1)

Arts Ideas

(2)

Roman Theatre

(7)

A Trip to the Roman Theatre

(2)

Dramatic Literature

(8)

Mime and Pantomime

(6)

Sanskrit Drama in India

(1)

Connections

(1)

Sources for Further Study

(2)

The Medieval Era

(22)

Social Ideas

(2)

Arts Ideas

(2)

Medieval Theatre

(1)

The Minstrel Tradition in Russia

(9)

Chambers of Rhetoric

(3)

Dramatic Literature

(4)

Hrosvit of Gandersheim

(3)

Connections

(1)

Sources for Further Study

(2)

Visual Spectacle in the Italian Renaissance

(24)

Social Ideas

(1)

Arts Ideas

(2)

Italian Renaissance Theatre

(13)

A Trip to the Renaissance Theatre

(10)

Dramatic Literature

104

(2)

Javanese Shadow Puppets

106

(1)

Connections

107

(1)

Sources for Further Study

108

(2)

Elizabethan Theatre in the English Renaissance

110

(28)

Social Ideas

112

(3)

Arts Ideas

115

(1)

Elizabethan Theatre

116

(10)

A Trip to the Globe Theatre, 1601

122

(4)

Dramatic Literature

126

(1)

Yoruban Egungun Festivals

127

(8)

The Life of Shakespeare

129

(6)

Connections

135

(1)

Sources for Further Study

136

(2)

The Golden Age of Renaissance Spain

138

(26)

Social Ideas

140

(3)

The Moorish Influence in Spain

142

(1)

Arts Ideas

143

(3)

Spanish Golden Age Theatre

146

(8)

A Trip to the Theatre During the Golden Age

148

(6)

Dramatic Literature

154

(7)

Court Theatre Under Felipe IV

156

(5)

Sor Juana Innes de la Cruz

161

(1)

Connections

161

(1)

Sources for Further Study

162

(2)

Classicism in the French Renaissance

164

(24)

Social Ideas

166

(1)

Arts Ideas

167

(3)

French Classic Theatre

170

(1)

Tibetan Mystery Plays

171

(8)

A Trip to the Palais-Royale, 1670

173

(6)

Dramatic Literature

179

(7)

The Life of Moliere

182

(4)

Connections

186

(1)

Sources for Further Study

186

(2)

The Traditional Theatres of Japan

188

(24)

Social Ideas

190

(1)

Arts Ideas

191

(3)

The Noh Theatre

194

(5)

The Kabuki Theatre

199

(6)

Dramatic Literature

205

(4)

Bunraku

206

(3)

Connections

209

(1)

Sources for Further Study

210

(2)

English Theatre, 1660--1800

212

(30)

Social Ideas

215

(2)

Arts Ideas

217

(1)

The Restoration Theatre

218

(5)

18th-Century Theatre

223

(8)

Philippe De Loutherbourg

228

(1)

David Garrick

229

(2)

Dramatic Literature

231

(9)

A Trip to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1777

233

(3)

Aphra Behn

236

(4)

Connections

240

(1)

Sources for Further Study

241

(1)

The 18th Century in Europe

242

(30)

Social Ideas

244

(1)

Arts Ideas

245

(4)

European Theatre of the 18th Century

249

(8)

Early Theatre Developments in Germany

250

(3)

Carolina Neuber

253

(4)

Court Theatre in Sweden

257

(6)

The Paradox of Acting: Reason Versus Emotionality

262

(1)

Dramatic Literature

263

(6)

Connections

269

(1)

Sources for Further Study

270

(2)

Romanticism, 1780--1850

272

(16)

Social Ideas

275

(3)

Arts Ideas

278

(2)

Theatre and Romanticism

280

(2)

Dramatic Literature

282

(4)

Connections

286

(1)

Sources for Further Study

287

(1)

The 19th Century: The Growth of Popular Theatre

288

(40)

Social Ideas

290

(2)

Arts Ideas

292

(3)

19th-Century Theatre

295

(19)

Dion Boucicault

305

(3)

IRA Aldridge: International Star

308

(6)

Latin American Theatre in the 19th Century

314

(1)

Dramatic Literature

315

(9)

A Trip to the Adelphi Theatre, 1860

317

(1)

Anna Cora Mowatt

318

(3)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

321

(3)

Connections

324

(2)

Sources for Further Study

326

(2)

The Traditional Theatres of China

328

(26)

Denise Chuk

Cultural Ideas

329

(4)

Development of the Dramatic Form

333

(13)

Dramatic Literature

346

(5)

Connections

351

(1)

Sources for Further Study

352

(2)

In Search of a New Theatre, 1880--1920

354

(46)

Social Ideas

356

(3)

Arts Ideas

359

(6)

Theatre History

365

(23)

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

376

(6)

Terry, Duse, and Bernhardt

382

(6)

Dramatic Literature

388

(1)

The Yiddish Theatre

389

(8)

A Trip to the Theatre Libre, 1890

391

(6)

Connections

397

(1)

Sources for Further Study

398

(2)

Theatre in Transition, 1920--1945

400

(38)

Social Ideas

403

(2)

Arts Ideas

405

(2)

Theatre History

407

(18)

The Federal Theatre Project

409

(14)

Bertolt Brecht

423

(2)

Dramatic Literature

425

(7)

Improvised Comedy in the 20th-Century Middle East

432

(3)

Connections

435

(1)

Sources for Further Study

436

(2)

Reaction and Recovery, 1945--1968

438

(38)

Social Ideas

439

(4)

A Trip to the Theatre in Paris, 1953

440

(3)

Arts Ideas

443

(2)

Theatre History

445

(18)

Grotowski's Polish Laboratory Theatre

450

(13)

Yoruba Traveling Theatre

463

(1)

Dramatic Literature

464

(9)

Connections

473

(1)

Sources for Further Study

474

(2)

In Search of a Future, Post-1968

476

(35)

Social Ideas

477

(3)

Arts Ideas

480

(2)

Theatre History

482

(16)

Dramatic Literature

498

(10)

A Trip to the Theatre in New York, 1975

502

(6)

Connections

508

(1)

Sources for Further Study

509

(2)

Index

511

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A Cultural History of Theatre

A Cultural History of Theatre

9780801306181

0801306183

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