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A periaktos (plural form periaktoi, from a Greek word meaning revolving) is a device used for displaying and rapidly changing theatre scenes. It was first mentioned in Plato 's Republic , in the story, "Allegory of a Cave" (c. 375 BCE), but its most intense use began in Renaissance theatre , as a result of the work of important theatrical ...
The Restoration spectacular was a type of theatre production of the late 17th-century Restoration period, defined by the amount of money, time, sets, and performers it required to be produced. Productions attracted audiences with elaborate action, acrobatics, dance, costume, scenery , illusionistic painting , trapdoors , and fireworks .
Merry company is the term in art history for a painting, usually from the 17th century, showing a small group of people enjoying themselves, usually seated with drinks, and often music-making. These scenes are a very common type of genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque ; it is estimated that nearly two thirds of Dutch genre ...
17th-century theatre managers (28 P) T. Theatres completed in the 17th century (31 C) Pages in category "17th-century theatre" The following 18 pages are in this ...
Pages in category "17th-century plays" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Appius and Virginia; B.
Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder.
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.
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