The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage

The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage
Author :
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages : 326
Release :
ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105133015953
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage by : Jeffrey Richards

Download or read book The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage written by Jeffrey Richards and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2009-10-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In doing so, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with other cultural forms.


The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage Related Books

The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Jeffrey Richards
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-09 - Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Gr
The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: J. Richards
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-09 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Gr
Painting Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 625
Authors: Stephanie Moser
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Painting Antiquity explores the archaeological dimension of the works of these three artists: in doing so, it addresses how the aesthetic engagement these artis
Victorian Classical Burlesques
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Laura Monros-Gaspar
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-22 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, mercile
The Ancient World in Silent Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Pantelis Michelakis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first systematic attempt to focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in early twentieth-century conceptualizations of the ancient Mediterranean and M