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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comedy - comedian 59 The English development of the word is as follows : In C14 it signified ' a narrative poem with an upbeat ending ' as in Dante's Commedia , written , as he himself commented , ' in the vulgar tongue which women and ...
comedy - comedian 59 The English development of the word is as follows : In C14 it signified ' a narrative poem with an upbeat ending ' as in Dante's Commedia , written , as he himself commented , ' in the vulgar tongue which women and ...
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heckling – high comedy 123 a Branagh , 230 ) . Heckling is unwanted and hostile audience interruption during the course of a dramatic performance or public speech . To heckle is a variant of hackle , ultimately from Germanic hakila ...
heckling – high comedy 123 a Branagh , 230 ) . Heckling is unwanted and hostile audience interruption during the course of a dramatic performance or public speech . To heckle is a variant of hackle , ultimately from Germanic hakila ...
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Low comedy has no pretensions to subtle characterisation , wit or intellect , relying instead on knockabout , farce , gags and clowning for its effects ; as such , it can be traced back to the satyrplays of Ancient Greece .
Low comedy has no pretensions to subtle characterisation , wit or intellect , relying instead on knockabout , farce , gags and clowning for its effects ; as such , it can be traced back to the satyrplays of Ancient Greece .
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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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