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 bird ' is an abbreviation of the big bird ' , i.e. the goose , and refers to the audience hissing a performer . In C19 melodrama , a villain who was given the goose or the big bird might take this as a plaudit .
The bird ' is an abbreviation of the big bird ' , i.e. the goose , and refers to the audience hissing a performer . In C19 melodrama , a villain who was given the goose or the big bird might take this as a plaudit .
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The word is commonly abbreviated to prac . in daily usage , but practical is itself an abbreviation of practicable , which Bowman and Ball ( 1963 ) list as an alternative , now largely obsolete , from the Standard English word in the ...
The word is commonly abbreviated to prac . in daily usage , but practical is itself an abbreviation of practicable , which Bowman and Ball ( 1963 ) list as an alternative , now largely obsolete , from the Standard English word in the ...
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The term is in direct contrast to the common expression for shorttemperedness , ' having a short fuse ' , in that it comes from a kind of slow - burning fuse used in dynamiting etc. SM The common abbreviation for stage manager ...
The term is in direct contrast to the common expression for shorttemperedness , ' having a short fuse ' , in that it comes from a kind of slow - burning fuse used in dynamiting etc. SM The common abbreviation for stage manager ...
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Bibliografické údaje
| Název | Theatre Book of words |
| Autor | Martin Harrison |
| Vydavatel | Carcanet, 1993 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Michiganská univerzita |
| Digitalizováno | 27. únor 2008 |
| ISBN | 1857540409, 9781857540406 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 316 |
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