TheatreTheatre has provided many words and meanings which we use - ignorant of their origins - in everyday writing and speech. This is the first book to explore 2000 theatre terms in depth, in some cases tracing their history over two and a half millennia, in others exploring expressions less than a decade old. Terms are defined, shown in use and cross referenced in ways which will fascinate theatregoers, help serious theatre students and encourage those actively engaged in the theatre to examine the familiar from new angles. |
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The origins of camp are , Partridge suggests , either the C19-20 dialect word camp , kemp , ' uncouth , rough ' , for which I can find no convincing evidence , or , he hazards vaguely , in French . The Fr. verb camper , ' to place ...
The origins of camp are , Partridge suggests , either the C19-20 dialect word camp , kemp , ' uncouth , rough ' , for which I can find no convincing evidence , or , he hazards vaguely , in French . The Fr. verb camper , ' to place ...
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French brace Unlike the stage brace , which is a separate unit , usually attached to a flat by means of a hook , the French brace is an integral , triangular structure of wood , hinged to the back of a flat , which can be pulled out to ...
French brace Unlike the stage brace , which is a separate unit , usually attached to a flat by means of a hook , the French brace is an integral , triangular structure of wood , hinged to the back of a flat , which can be pulled out to ...
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It is derived from an abbreviation of ' piece of theatre ' , itself a literal translation of the most common French term for a play , une pièce de théâtre . Like many such continental borrowings , its common usage probably ...
It is derived from an abbreviation of ' piece of theatre ' , itself a literal translation of the most common French term for a play , une pièce de théâtre . Like many such continental borrowings , its common usage probably ...
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