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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... becomes pretend- ing , when seeing becomes participating in an illusion , when goat - song becomes suffering and purgation , the audience response is to reap- propriate those terms with their changed meanings . Like the dramatist's work ...
... becomes pretend- ing , when seeing becomes participating in an illusion , when goat - song becomes suffering and purgation , the audience response is to reap- propriate those terms with their changed meanings . Like the dramatist's work ...
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... is good enough , always becomes legiti- mate : and you can tell when that has happened when its terms become firmly established , not only in the theatre but in colloquial speech . Abbreviations OE : Old English ME : Middle English Fr.
... is good enough , always becomes legiti- mate : and you can tell when that has happened when its terms become firmly established , not only in the theatre but in colloquial speech . Abbreviations OE : Old English ME : Middle English Fr.
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... becomes or is expected to become a hit after a poor initial recep- tion , say on an out - of - town run . slice of life A term taken as a literal translation of Fr. tranche de vie , applied in C19 to naturalistic dramas . Compare cup ...
... becomes or is expected to become a hit after a poor initial recep- tion , say on an out - of - town run . slice of life A term taken as a literal translation of Fr. tranche de vie , applied in C19 to naturalistic dramas . Compare cup ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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