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24 produkter
A Short History of Western Performance Space
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2003
737 kr
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This innovative book provides a historical account of performance space within the theatrical traditions of western Europe. David Wiles takes a broad-based view of theatrical activity as something that occurs in churches, streets, pubs and galleries as much as in buildings explicitly designed to be …
The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
Av David Wiles, Christine Dymkowski
Häftad, 2012
435 kr
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Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse …
Theatre and Citizenship
The History of a Practice
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 2011
1039 kr
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Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. David Wiles traces this ideal to its classical roots, examining both theatre and citizenship as performative practices. Wiles examines how people function collectively rather than as individuals, for …
The Masks of Menander
Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2004
737 kr
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This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance characteristic of the Greek theatre of Menander and the subsequent Roman theatre of Plautus and Terence. Drawing on literary and archaeological sources, and on scientific treatises, David Wiles identifies the …
Greek Theatre Performance
An Introduction
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 2000
1677 kr
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In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian life and Wiles explores those elements which created …
Greek Theatre Performance
An Introduction
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2000
418 kr
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In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian life and Wiles explores those elements which created …
Tragedy in Athens
Performance Space and Theatrical Meaning
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 1999
621 kr
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This book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre. Whilst post structuralist criticism of Greek tragedy has tended to focus on the literary text, the analysis of stagecraft and the theatre has been markedly conservative in its methodology. David Wiles corrects …
Shakespeare's Clown
Actor and Text in the Elizabethan Playhouse
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2005
737 kr
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This book argues that a professional Elizabethan theatre company always contained one actor known as 'the clown'. Its focus is Will Kemp, clown to the Chamberlain's Men from 1594 to 1599 and famed for his solo dance from London to Norwich in 1600. David Wiles combines textual, theatrical and …
The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
Av David Wiles, Christine Dymkowski
Inbunden, 2012
1341 kr
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Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse …
Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 2007
1039 kr
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Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? In this book, first published in 2007, David Wiles provided the first book-length study of this question. He surveys the evidence of vases and other monuments, arguing that they portray masks as part of a process of transformation, and …
Early Plays of Robin Hood
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 1970
1245 kr
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David Wiles argues that the prolific Robin Hood plays of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were the Spring equivalent of the Christmas mumming tradition.Robin Hood was the subject of many fifteenth and sixteenth century folk-plays, of which only traces remain. As a result, the ballads, many of …
Democracy, Theatre and Performance
From the Greeks to Gandhi
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 2024
524 kr
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Democracy, argues David Wiles, is actually a form of theatre. In making his case, the author deftly investigates orators at the foundational moments of ancient and modern democracy, demonstrating how their performative skills were used to try to create a better world. People often complain about …
Democracy, Theatre and Performance
From the Greeks to Gandhi
Av David Wiles
E-bok, 2024
563 kr
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Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2012
721 kr
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Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? In this book, first published in 2007, David Wiles provided the first book-length study of this question. He surveys the evidence of vases and other monuments, arguing that they portray masks as part of a process of transformation, and …
Theatre and Citizenship
The History of a Practice
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2014
737 kr
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Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. David Wiles traces this ideal to its classical roots, examining both theatre and citizenship as performative practices. Wiles examines how people function collectively rather than as individuals, for …
Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
Av Christine Dymkowski, David Wiles
E-bok, 2012
420 kr
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Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse …
Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
Av Christine Dymkowski, David Wiles
E-bok, 2012
420 kr
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Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion offers students and general readers a series of accessible and engaging essays on the key aspects of studying and writing theatre history. The diverse …
The Players' Advice to Hamlet
The Rhetorical Acting Method from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Av David Wiles
Inbunden, 2020
1962 kr
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Hamlet is a characteristic intellectual more inclined to lecture actors about their craft than listen to them, and is a precursor of Enlightenment figures like Diderot and Lessing. This book is a quest for the voice of early professional actors, drawing on English, French and other European sources …
Players' Advice to Hamlet
The Rhetorical Acting Method from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Av David Wiles
E-bok, 2020
411 kr
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Hamlet is a characteristic intellectual more inclined to lecture actors about their craft than listen to them, and is a precursor of Enlightenment figures like Diderot and Lessing. This book is a quest for the voice of early professional actors, drawing on English, French and other European sources …
Players' Advice to Hamlet
The Rhetorical Acting Method from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Av David Wiles
E-bok, 2020
420 kr
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Hamlet is a characteristic intellectual more inclined to lecture actors about their craft than listen to them, and is a precursor of Enlightenment figures like Diderot and Lessing. This book is a quest for the voice of early professional actors, drawing on English, French and other European sources …
The Players' Advice to Hamlet
The Rhetorical Acting Method from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Av David Wiles
Häftad, 2023
435 kr
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Hamlet is a characteristic intellectual more inclined to lecture actors about their craft than listen to them, and is a precursor of Enlightenment figures like Diderot and Lessing. This book is a quest for the voice of early professional actors, drawing on English, French and other European sources …
Theatre and Time
Av David Wiles, Margherita Laera
Häftad, 2014
138 kr
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This fascinating account of the relationship between theatre and time explores how different concepts of time - including linear clock time, the cyclical time of the planets and seasons, the rhythms of the body and individual memories - have impacted on and been reinforced by theatre throughout …
Theatre and Time
Av David Wiles
E-bok, 2014
145 kr
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This fascinating account of the relationship between theatre and time explores how different concepts of time - including linear clock time, the cyclical time of the planets and seasons, the rhythms of the body and individual memories - have impacted on and been reinforced by theatre throughout …
Theatre and Time
Av David Wiles
E-bok, 2014
142 kr
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This fascinating account of the relationship between theatre and time explores how different concepts of time - including linear clock time, the cyclical time of the planets and seasons, the rhythms of the body and individual memories - have impacted on and been reinforced by theatre throughout …
