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Popular theatre : a sourcebook /

Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun. These were a few of the directors who turned to popular theatre forms in the last century, and this sourcebook accounts for their attraction. Popular theatre forms introduced in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schechter, Joel, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Worlds of performance.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. What is popular theatre?
  • part II. Puppets from Bread and Puppet Theatre to Bunraku and Broadway
  • part III. Masks : commedia dell'arte and topeng
  • part Ivolume Circus, clowns and jesters
  • part volume Cabaret, vaudeville and the Fun Palace
  • part VI. Political theatre as popular entertainment.