TheatreCarcanet, 1993 - 316 sider Theatre 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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Side 30
... American vaudeville term for the larger enter- tainment circuits , possibly so - called because they were successful enough to run two shows daily . Hence , if one hit the big - time and became a big - timer , one had achieved success ...
... American vaudeville term for the larger enter- tainment circuits , possibly so - called because they were successful enough to run two shows daily . Hence , if one hit the big - time and became a big - timer , one had achieved success ...
Side 65
... American performers of African origin from at least the eC19 . It is probably an abbreviation of racoon , ' a nocturnal , carnivorous N. American mammal ' , from the American Indian language , Algonquian . Because the racoon has white ...
... American performers of African origin from at least the eC19 . It is probably an abbreviation of racoon , ' a nocturnal , carnivorous N. American mammal ' , from the American Indian language , Algonquian . Because the racoon has white ...
Side 266
... American term , appropriated theatrically from film , for an act involving some physical risk : such stunts are often not played by the actor but by a professional stand - in known as a stuntman . Stunt is a term which appears to have ...
... American term , appropriated theatrically from film , for an act involving some physical risk : such stunts are often not played by the actor but by a professional stand - in known as a stuntman . Stunt is a term which appears to have ...
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abbreviation according action actor alternative American appears applied artistic attested audience become borrowed Branagh Britain cast character comedy comes comic common commonly create curtain dance dates denote derived describe descriptive direction director door drama earlier early effect Elizabethan employed English example flat French frequently genre give given influence interesting Italy known language later leading least lighting lines London manager meaning move movement nature nautical night noun opening origin performance period person phrase piece play Players plot popular possibly practice present probably production quoted refer rehearsal role scene scenery sense Shakespeare side skills sometimes sound stage stand suggests synonym technique term theatre theatrical things tion traditional tragedy usage usually variety verb Whilst word