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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... standing on the upper stage , a balcony known as the terrace and variations on this , which projected , like the first storey of an Elizabethan house , from the tiring - house situated at the rear of the main platform stage . ( For ...
... standing on the upper stage , a balcony known as the terrace and variations on this , which projected , like the first storey of an Elizabethan house , from the tiring - house situated at the rear of the main platform stage . ( For ...
Side 118
... standing at the wing , alternately weeping at and scolding Garrick's acting . Angry at last at finding herself so affected , she turned on her heel , crying " D --- him , he could act a gridiron " ' ( C19 , Russell , Representative ...
... standing at the wing , alternately weeping at and scolding Garrick's acting . Angry at last at finding herself so affected , she turned on her heel , crying " D --- him , he could act a gridiron " ' ( C19 , Russell , Representative ...
Side 261
... standing in for someone , which , according to Partridge , had been appropriated from the theatre for Services ' use by the 1920s . An actor who performs this function is known as a stand - in . standing room only " The next day , we ...
... standing in for someone , which , according to Partridge , had been appropriated from the theatre for Services ' use by the 1920s . An actor who performs this function is known as a stand - in . standing room only " The next day , we ...
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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