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. |
Vyhledávání v knize
Výsledky 1-3 z 81
Strana 5
5 all possibly from Fr. acte , although many of its developments seem to refer back directly to L. actum , ' a deed , a thing done ' : ' And youre actes red and songe ' ( c.1384 , Chaucer , House of Fame ) . By the C15 it had developed ...
5 all possibly from Fr. acte , although many of its developments seem to refer back directly to L. actum , ' a deed , a thing done ' : ' And youre actes red and songe ' ( c.1384 , Chaucer , House of Fame ) . By the C15 it had developed ...
Strana 39
... Pasquin ' , The Children of the Spheres ) . break Possibly influenced by a break in billiards , ' a run of success ' , break ( as in lucky break ) has been used in America since eC19 meaning a stroke of good fortune ...
... Pasquin ' , The Children of the Spheres ) . break Possibly influenced by a break in billiards , ' a run of success ' , break ( as in lucky break ) has been used in America since eC19 meaning a stroke of good fortune ...
Strana 290
The authors of travesties dress in other authors ' literary clothes , and the word carries with it the idea of disguise and , possibly , a hint of the ridiculous . ( In 1970 , I learnt of an interesting American campus refinement of the ...
The authors of travesties dress in other authors ' literary clothes , and the word carries with it the idea of disguise and , possibly , a hint of the ridiculous . ( In 1970 , I learnt of an interesting American campus refinement of the ...
Co říkají ostatní - Napsat recenzi
Na obvyklých místech jsme nenalezli žádné recenze.
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
abbreviation according action actor alternative American appears applied artistic attested audience become borrowed Branagh Britain cast character comedy comes comic common commonly create curtain dance dates denote derived describe descriptive direction director door drama earlier early effect Elizabethan employed English example flat French frequently genre give given influence Italy known language later leading least lighting lines London manager meaning move movement nature nautical night noun occasionally opening origin performance period person phrase piece play Players plot popular possibly practice present probably production quoted refer rehearsal role scene scenery sense Shakespeare side skills sometimes sound stage stand suggests synonym technique term theatre theatrical things tion traditional tragedy usage usually variety verb Whilst word
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 |
| Exportovat citaci | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |