Nicholas Dromgoole Libros

Tells the story of performance, describing the development, from ancient Greece to contemporary stages and film, of western Europe's variety of acting styles. Using the idea of a culture's shared 'language of gesture', this work explores the growth, evolution and impact these languages have had on our engagement with and understanding of theatre.

Why are there so few high points in the history of theatre? What was it about Ancient Greek theatre, Elizabethan dramaturgy and Racine's 17th-century France that made them particularly able to respond to and create high points in tragic drama? schovat popis