基本説明
Published for the first time in paperback, this set presents a comprehensive collection of primary source materials for teachers and students, and serves as a major reference work for studies in theatrical and dramatic literature. The volumes focus individually on specific periods and geographical areas, encompassing English and European theatrical history. Each volume will present primary source material in English, or in English translation, relating to actors and acting, dramatic theory and criticism, theatre architecture, stage censorship, settings, costumes, and audiences.
Full Description
This series presents a comprehensive collection of primary source materials for teachers and students, and serves as a major reference work for studies in theatrical and dramatic literature. The volumes focus individually on specific periods and geographical areas, encompassing English and European theatrical history. Each volume will present primary source material in English, or in English translation, relating to actors and acting, dramatic theory and criticism, theatre architecture, stage censorship, settings, costumes, and audiences. These sources include such documents as statutes, proclamations, inscriptions, contracts, and playbills. Additional documentation from more contemporary sources is provided through correspondence, reports and eyewitness accounts. The volumes also provide not only the exact source and location of the original documents, but also complementary lists of similar documents. Each volume contains an Introduction, narrative linking passages, notes on the documents, a substantial bibliography and an index offering detailed access to the primary material.
Contents
Volume I. Restoration and Georgian England, 1669-1788 David Thomas and Arnold Hare; Volume II. National Theatre in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1746-1900 Laurence Senelick; Volume III. German and Dutch Theatre, 1600-1848 George W. Brandt; Volume IV. Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre, 1850-1918 Claude Schumacher; Volume V. French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789 William D. Howarth; Volume VI. English Professional Theatre, 1530-1660 Glynne Wickham; Volume VII. The Medieval European Stage, 500-1500 William Tydeman; Volume VIII. Romantic and Revolutionary theatre, 1789-1860 Ronald Roy.
