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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Interestingly , unlike many other major theatrical adjectives , it is not attested in general usage until C18 , meaning ' laughable , ludicrous ' : ' Among the principal of comic calamities , may be reckoned the pain which author ...
Interestingly , unlike many other major theatrical adjectives , it is not attested in general usage until C18 , meaning ' laughable , ludicrous ' : ' Among the principal of comic calamities , may be reckoned the pain which author ...
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It would appear to have entered theatrical usage from music . It is only since 1C19 that it has been used to denote ' a performance company ' , especially in music hall and variety . C20 continental usages - Brecht's Berliner Ensemble ...
It would appear to have entered theatrical usage from music . It is only since 1C19 that it has been used to denote ' a performance company ' , especially in music hall and variety . C20 continental usages - Brecht's Berliner Ensemble ...
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The general English usage of ' rake ' as ' slope ' derives from the C17 nautical term , found as both rake and rack ( probably from G. ragen , ' project ' , of unknown origin ) . The OED quotes ' The lengths , breadthes , depthes ...
The general English usage of ' rake ' as ' slope ' derives from the C17 nautical term , found as both rake and rack ( probably from G. ragen , ' project ' , of unknown origin ) . The OED quotes ' The lengths , breadthes , depthes ...
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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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