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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... example appears to predate Fr. acteur appear to be the case two centuries earlier with more general usages of act - based words . Even so , the verb to act is not preferred to the older synonym , to play , and ' actor ' is not preferred ...
... example appears to predate Fr. acteur appear to be the case two centuries earlier with more general usages of act - based words . Even so , the verb to act is not preferred to the older synonym , to play , and ' actor ' is not preferred ...
Side 147
... example the crane in the theatrical device of the deus ex machina . The main use of machinery throughout Europe in medieval times was for liturgical drama , where a series of extremely complex contraptions were created to facilitate the ...
... example the crane in the theatrical device of the deus ex machina . The main use of machinery throughout Europe in medieval times was for liturgical drama , where a series of extremely complex contraptions were created to facilitate the ...
Side 301
... example of a rather bizarre novelty act aggrandising itself with a fine , latinate name . The earliest figurative usage in OED dates from 1819 and this example , whilst it mixes its theatrical metaphors , is typical of the way in which ...
... example of a rather bizarre novelty act aggrandising itself with a fine , latinate name . The earliest figurative usage in OED dates from 1819 and this example , whilst it mixes its theatrical metaphors , is typical of the way in which ...
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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