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 39
Strana 178
... stand Originally , a music - hall term for a single night's engagement , a stand being a stop on a circuit tour . ... due to the pun on ' stand ' , which has been a colloquial term for the male erection since at least the C16 .
... stand Originally , a music - hall term for a single night's engagement , a stand being a stop on a circuit tour . ... due to the pun on ' stand ' , which has been a colloquial term for the male erection since at least the C16 .
Strana 254
stage From OF estage , from L. staticum ( ultimately from stare , ' to stand ' ) . OF developed a range of meanings revolving around ' standing , station , standing - place ' , many of which transferred to ME in C13-14 .
stage From OF estage , from L. staticum ( ultimately from stare , ' to stand ' ) . OF developed a range of meanings revolving around ' standing , station , standing - place ' , many of which transferred to ME in C13-14 .
Strana 261
stand in , stand - in - star 261 а > either in rehearsals or performance , giving rise to the general expression standing in for someone , which , according to Partridge , had been appropriated from the theatre for Services ' use by the ...
stand in , stand - in - star 261 а > either in rehearsals or performance , giving rise to the general expression standing in for someone , which , according to Partridge , had been appropriated from the theatre for Services ' use by 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 |