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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It is significant that the terms seem to have developed indigenously , directly from Latin , with little or no influence from French - actor for example appears to predate Fr. acteur as would also appear to be the case two centuries ...
It is significant that the terms seem to have developed indigenously , directly from Latin , with little or no influence from French - actor for example appears to predate Fr. acteur as would also appear to be the case two centuries ...
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Machine is derived – via L. machina , from Gk makhana and Doric mēkhanē , ( from mēkhos , ' a contrivance ) - from the term for equipment used in Ancient Greek theatre , for example the crane in the theatrical device of the deus ex ...
Machine is derived – via L. machina , from Gk makhana and Doric mēkhanē , ( from mēkhos , ' a contrivance ) - from the term for equipment used in Ancient Greek theatre , for example the crane in the theatrical device of the deus ex ...
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As is the case with prestidigitation , legerdemain etc. , the term is an example of a rather bizarre novelty act aggrandising itself with a fine , latinate name . The earliest figurative usage in OED dates from 1819 and this example ...
As is the case with prestidigitation , legerdemain etc. , the term is an example of a rather bizarre novelty act aggrandising itself with a fine , latinate name . The earliest figurative usage in OED dates from 1819 and this example ...
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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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