| Author | Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 16021742 |
| Title | A Book About the Theater |
| Contents | The show business -- The limitations of the stage -- A moral from a toy theater -- Why five acts? -- Dramatic collaboration -- The dramatization of novels and the novelization of plays -- Women dramatists -- The evolution of scene-painting -- The book of the opera -- The poetry of the dance -- The principles of pantomime -- The ideal of the acrobat -- The decline and fall of the negro-minstrelsy -- The utility of the variety-show -- The method of modern magic -- The lamentable tragedy of Punch and Judy -- The puppet-play, past and present -- Shadow-pantomime, with all the modern improvements -- The problem of dramatic criticism. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Theater -- History |
| Subject | Theater |
| Subject | Drama -- History and criticism |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 36790 |
| Release Date | Jul 20, 2011 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 43 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
