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Historia Histrionica is a 1699 literary work by James Wright (1643-1713), on the subject of theatre in England in the seventeenth century. It is an essential resource for information on the actors and theatrical life of the period, providing data available nowhere else.
Throughout most of history, English belles lettres and theatre have been separated, but these two art forms are interconnected. [103] However, if they do not learn how to work hand-in-hand, it can be detrimental to the art form. [104] The prose of English literature and the stories it tells needs to be performed and theatre has that capacity. [105]
The Cambridge History of British Theatre is a non-fiction work consisting of three volumes in book form. It was originally published in 2004 by Cambridge University Press . It was later published online in 2008, also by Cambridge University Press.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... was an extensive examination of the history and conditions of English theatre in the medieval and ...
From the outset it was designed to be a working collection of theatre history, to serve scholars and practising theatre artists alike. In 1969 the university made an award from its Appeal Fund to provide the Collection with adequate storage and access facilities within the department of drama. [ 2 ]
The Theatre Historical Society was founded in 1969 by writer and theatre historian Ben M. Hall, author of the first book celebrating America's movie palaces, The Best Remaining Seats. After Hall's death in 1970, one year after founding THS, Brother Andrew Corsini Fowler, Frank Cronican, Terry Helgesen, and others were instrumental in shaping ...
A Short Organum for the Theatre; Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage; The Show Won't Go On; The Social Significance of the Modern Drama; Speculations: An Essay on the Theater
Davis researches early American theatre, Restoration theatre and Eighteenth Century cultural history. He is the author of From Androboros to the First Amendment: A History of America's First Play. [1] In his review, James Holsinger noted that the book helped to "resituate the early American canon" by taking closet dramas seriously. [2]