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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 .
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 Theatre of Van Campen (Dutch: Schouwburg van Van Campen, pronounced [ˈsxʌubʏr(ə)x fɑɱ vɑŋ ˈkɑmpə(n)]) [a] was a theatre located at Keizersgracht 384 in Amsterdam. It was the first city theatre, based on the Teatro Olimpico in Italy. [1] Since 1999 the building has been occupied by "The Dylan " [2] hotel.
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.
By the 18th century, the most popular forms of musical theatre in Britain were ballad operas, like John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), that included lyrics written to the tunes of popular songs of the day (often spoofing opera), and later the developing form of pantomime and comic operas with original scores and mostly romantic plot lines ...
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 ...
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Giacomo Torelli (1 September 1608 – 17 June 1678) was an Italian stage designer, scenery painter, engineer, and architect. [1] His work in stage design, particularly his designs of machinery for creating spectacular scenery changes and other special effects, was extensively engraved and hence survives as the most complete record of mid-seventeenth-century set design.