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Book An Ideal Theater

    Book Details:
  • Author : Todd London
  • Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
  • Release : 2013-09-23
  • ISBN : 1559364254
  • Pages : 600 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Theater written by Todd London and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring collection of the dreams and visions of the founders of the American theatre movement.

Book The Ideal Theater  Eight Concepts

Download or read book The Ideal Theater Eight Concepts written by American Federation of Arts and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Escapes  New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis

Download or read book Great Escapes New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis written by Steven Castle and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century, more and more people go out'' to the movies at home. Theo Kalomirakis reigns supreme the world over as the leading creator of custom-designed theaters and one-of-a-kind entertainment environments. In this book are preserved fifteen of these incredible spaces with superb colour photographs and descriptions of the technology that make this revolution in entertainment and design possible. While Kalomirakis' extravagant creations are for wealthy clients, they also serve as inspiration for home owners who want to integrate cinema quality with home comfort on a more modest budget.

Book The Ideal Theater  Eight Concepts

Download or read book The Ideal Theater Eight Concepts written by American Federation of Arts and published by New York : American Federation of Arts and October House. This book was released on 1964 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Necessity of Theater

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Woodruff
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2008-04-30
  • ISBN : 9780199715756
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Necessity of Theater written by Paul Woodruff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth. The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot, character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves. Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly.

Book A History of the Theater

Download or read book A History of the Theater written by Glynne Wickham and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 1992 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals to the 1990s.

Book The Art of Theater

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  • Author : James R. Hamilton
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2008-04-15
  • ISBN : 0470766107
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book The Art of Theater written by James R. Hamilton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships An important and original contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater

Book Traditional Japanese Theater

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Brazell
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780231108737
  • Pages : 580 pages

Download or read book Traditional Japanese Theater written by Karen Brazell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.

Book The Moving Picture World

Download or read book The Moving Picture World written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater

Download or read book Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater written by Dana Simpson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Phoebe and Her Unicorn graphic novel! Summer is here, and Phoebe and Marigold are headed to drama camp. Phoebe’s expecting some quality time with her best friend, but in a surprise twist, Marigold has invited her sister, Florence Unfortunate Nostrils! While the unicorn sisters head to camp in a magical rainbow pod, Phoebe is stuck riding with her parents in their boring car, wondering where it all went wrong. But at Camp Thespis, there are more daunting tasks at hand: writing, producing, and acting in an entirely original play! The second Phoebe and Her Unicorn graphic novel is a sparkling tale of sisterhood and summer fun, as well as a reminder that sometimes it takes a bit of drama to recognize true friendship.

Book Nickelodeon

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1910
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Nickelodeon written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philosophy and Theatre

Download or read book Philosophy and Theatre written by Tom Stern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between philosophy and theatre is a central theme in the writings of Plato and Aristotle and of dramatists from Aristophanes to Stoppard. Where Plato argued that playwrights and actors should be banished from the ideal city for their suspect imitations of reality, Aristotle argued that theatre, particularly tragedy, was vital for stimulating our emotions and helping us to understanding ourselves. Despite this rich history the study of philosophy and theatre has been largely overlooked in contemporary philosophy. This is the first book to introduce philosophy and theatre. It covers key topics and debates, presenting the contributions of major figures in the history of philosophy, including: what is theatre? How does theatre compare with other arts? theatre as imitation, including Plato on mimesis truth and illusion in the theatre, including Nietzsche on tragedy theatre as history theatre and morality, including Rousseau’s criticisms of theatre audience and emotion, including Aristotle on catharsis theatre and politics, including Brecht’s Epic Theatre. Including annotated further reading and summaries at the end of each chapter, Philosophy and Theatre is an ideal starting point for those studying philosophy, theatre studies and related subjects in the arts and humanities.

Book Outrageous Fortune

Download or read book Outrageous Fortune written by Todd London and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Open Door

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  • Author : Peter Brook
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2005-01-04
  • ISBN : 1400077877
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book The Open Door written by Peter Brook and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From King Lear to the Tragedy of Carmen, from Marat/Sade to the epic Mahabharata, Peter Brook has reinvented modern theatre, not once but again and again. In The Open Door the visionary director and theorist offers a lucid, comprehensive exposition of the philosophy that underlies his work. It is a philosophy of paradoxes: We come to the theatre to find life, but that life must be different from the life we find outside. Actors have to prepare painstakingly yet be willing to sacrifice the results of their preparation. The director’s most reliable tool may be his capacity to be bored. Brook illustrates these principles with anecdotes that span his entire career and that demonstrate his familiarity with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the indigenous theatres of India and Iran. The result is an unparalleled look at what happens both onstage and behind the scenes, fresh in its insights and elegant in its prose.

Book Steps Towards a Civic Theater

Download or read book Steps Towards a Civic Theater written by Sir Lewis Casson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Theaters of Error

Download or read book Theaters of Error written by Pascale LaFountain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers provocative readings of canonical Enlightenment dramas that reflect and shape the period’s changing understanding of error. With striking interdisciplinary connections to theater treatises as well as works from the philosophical, legal, and medical discourses, it tracks the relocation of error from the moral to the physical realm, a movement that begins with Lessing and continues through the turn of the nineteenth century. Featuring detailed analyses of Lessing’s Miß Sara Sampson, Diderot’s Le Fils naturel, Schiller’s Die Räuber, and Kleist’s Die Familie Schroffenstein alongside rich close readings of diverse primary sources, ranging from previously untranslated acting treatises by Sainte-Albine and Engel to texts from the German Archiv des Criminalrechts, this study introduces the reader to new Enlightenment sources and compellingly concludes that ultimately it is no longer evil, but rather bodily irregularities and mistakes in reading the body that become the driving principle of Enlightenment drama.

Book Theatre for Children

Download or read book Theatre for Children written by David Wood and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. —Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. —Cameron Mackintosh