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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26 banquette – barn doors - - banquette A term sometimes used for a row of seats in a theatre . At Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre , they are cheap seats on the front row held in reserve for purchase on the day of performance .
26 banquette – barn doors - - banquette A term sometimes used for a row of seats in a theatre . At Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre , they are cheap seats on the front row held in reserve for purchase on the day of performance .
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82 diva - door slam > from L. diva , ' goddess ' ) . It is now at times used in a rather camp way for any great female performer . dithyramb An Ancient Greek theatrical genre which is possibly a transitional form between early Dionysian ...
82 diva - door slam > from L. diva , ' goddess ' ) . It is now at times used in a rather camp way for any great female performer . dithyramb An Ancient Greek theatrical genre which is possibly a transitional form between early Dionysian ...
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Marie Tempest A device to keep an onstage door open or closed . Properly , a metal hinge with a screw lever adjustment is fixed to the door ; however , a simpler arrangement - attaching one end of a length of string or cord to the door ...
Marie Tempest A device to keep an onstage door open or closed . Properly , a metal hinge with a screw lever adjustment is fixed to the door ; however , a simpler arrangement - attaching one end of a length of string or cord to the door ...
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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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